The second president to exhibit effective leadership in a hard time would be President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile Crisis in 1962. Having the country so close to nuclear war and Kennedy steering the country to safety took an amazing amount of courage and leadership. “Kennedy pledged not to invade Cuba, and Khrushchev promised to dismantle the missile bases. Kennedy also secretly ordered U.S. missiles to be removed from Turkey, at Khrushchev’s insistence.” (A. 782) This was a first for both nations …show more content…
Bush and the global war on terror. Bush had to deal with an attack against American civilians, his quick action rallied the country to the cause and to the war on terror. “In October 2001, the United States attacked — not with conventional forces, but by deploying military advisors and supplies that bolstered anti-Taliban rebel forces. While Afghani allies carried the ground war, American planes rained destruction on the enemy.” (A. 965) Bush would later invade Iraq more or less for the oil production and to spread