Kennedy's New Frontier
Essential Questions
- How did the United States respond to the threat of communist expansion?
- How successful was the U.S. in countering communist influence in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa?
- How did the development of nuclear weapons and the rise of nationalist/decolonization movements affect the strategies of Cold War adversaries?
- How did the Cold War affect domestic debates over order, liberty and justice?
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The following are audio conversations made in the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962. Consider the debates about what to do in terms of handling offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba.