Examples Of President Kennedy's Effective Communication During The Cuban Missile Crisis

You Want to Talk About it? Have you ever been in a sticky situation where you didn’t really know how to respond? President Kennedy was in this position during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. John F. Kennedy was put in a bad situation during the Cuban Missile Crisis where he had to decide, along with all of the Excomm members, how to properly remove the missiles from Cuba. Although President Kennedy may have acted inappropriately at certain times, he was always sure to make his wrongs into rights. President Kennedy displayed the most effective communication during the Cuban Missile Crisis because he was open-minded and knowledgeable. Throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis President Kennedy exemplifies effective communication by being open-minded and listening to others opinions. In Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Days, he states how President Kennedy “went to considerable heights to ensure that he was
In chapter 8 "President Kennedy sent a long letter…to the Soviet union… accusing [Khrushchev] of threatening" (R. Kennedy, 61-62). President Kennedy sent this letter to blame Khrushchev for the whole crisis. Although President Kennedy was inappropriate, he was frustrated with Khrushchev because he wasn't responding to any of President Kennedy's previous letters. Thus, President Kennedy did not really act inappropriately, but more with his feelings rather than being professional.

In some situations during the Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy was inappropriate, but he always seemed to fix the problem. President Kennedy demonstrated the most effective ways of communicating by being open minded and knowledgeable. President Kennedy was proven to be the most effective communicator because the crisis resulted in the Soviet union removing the missiles from Cuba. It is clear that President Kennedy was an effective communicator during the Cuban missile