The Influence Of Kennedy's Foreign Policy

As one of the most influential presidents that America has had, Kennedy was known for especially touching the hearts of the American people. One of the most critical aspects of his presidency was his foreign policy. Foreign policy in particular can be especially controversial, but despite this, Kennedy continued to feed into the controversy when he went against Eisenhower’s previous foreign policy. Despite people’s judgement, Kennedy proceeded to be bold by his secrecy when resolving the Cuban missile crisis. Kennedy also continued to make new and innovative decisions through his creation of the Special Forces. Since foreign policy deals with other countries, there is a larger audience as more of the world watches. As the president of one of the largest superpowers in the world Kennedy faced great judgement when it came to foreign policy, but this didn't hinder how he dealt with past lessons, took bold actions and took innovative and revolutionary actions. Once elected as president, Kennedy completely steered away from Eisenhower’s
As a result of Kennedy’s bold action Americans made survival kits,”stayed by their radios”, “fled major cities and military and defense centers”, “and planned what they would do when the bombs came”(43). Eventually Kennedy and Khrushchev made a deal where Khrushchev promised to remove the missiles if the U.S never invaded Cuba and removed its nuclear weapons from Turkey. In this case Kennedy’s bold move was that he kept a portion of the deal a secret from the public. Kennedy let the people believe that he had won an “uncompromised victory” and was “painted… in heroic hues”, they simply believed “he had stood up to the Communists and forced them to back down(43).Kennedy was clearly bold throughout his presidency, but was also very