Konspekt USA history
South managed to drive north away from
their land. You can say that no one won.
they haven't still signed a peace treaty.
XII The Cold War Period (continued) 1961-65
· Role of J. F. Kennedy
The first Catholic and the first Irish American president
Serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963
Anti-Communist foreign policy
Ordered an increase in spending on nuclear missiles that set off an arms race
1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT)
· Bay of Pigs and the Cuba crisis
BAYOFPIGS Overthrowing the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
CIA training of Cuban exciles for the invasion
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Actual invasion Kennedy's decision
Stopped by Castro's army
CUBA CRISIS The Operation Mongoose the program of CIA
To "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"
In the summer of 1962 - the Soviet Union secretly builds missile installations in Cuba - supported
by Fidel Castro
October 15 - photographs revealed of Soviet missiles in Cuba
Kennedy´s response - warning the Soviets