Why Is John F Kennedy A Good President
Although John F. Kennedy’s presidency is sometimes overlooked because he only served for just over two years, he was one of of our greatest presidents ever because he prevented nuclear armageddon and established Peace Corps..
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, on May 29, 1917. He went to the Harvard University in 1940, and then soon after he joined the Navy. Unfortunately he faced a spinal injury while in the Navy, but that injury do lead Kennedy into politics in 1946. Eventually he was elected to congress. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination in the Los Vegas convention. It was a very close preliminary election, but in the last moments Kennedy showed up on top. Kennedy won the election with the majority of votes over Richard Nixon. This …show more content…
This probably influenced Kennedy's thoughts, and ideas for things like war, and helping other countries that were in need. Kennedy was inaugurated January 20, 1961. When JFK came into office, the United States and the USSR still felt tension between them that resulted in a Cold War. Another problem Kennedy had was his cabinet members, which all had different thoughts on every subject. For example his Secretary, Dean Rusk, believed that any communist plot should be stopped immediately because it could be a sign of them trying to take over the world. JFK elected Walt Rostow to be his presidential advisor. Rostow believed that the United States need to use their military power to cut off the supplies they’ve been giveing to the Vietcong. He also believed that they need to bombed North Vietnam, which make South Vietnam more modern. General Maxwell Taylor criticized Eisenhower’s conventional training efforts. McGeorge Bundy shared similar views as Rostow, except Bundy wanted to attack the Northern Viet Cong. the NSC advisor wanted to attack the Viet Cong
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, on May 29, 1917. He went to the Harvard University in 1940, and then soon after he joined the Navy. Unfortunately he faced a spinal injury while in the Navy, but that injury do lead Kennedy into politics in 1946. Eventually he was elected to congress. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination in the Los Vegas convention. It was a very close preliminary election, but in the last moments Kennedy showed up on top. Kennedy won the election with the majority of votes over Richard Nixon. This …show more content…
This probably influenced Kennedy's thoughts, and ideas for things like war, and helping other countries that were in need. Kennedy was inaugurated January 20, 1961. When JFK came into office, the United States and the USSR still felt tension between them that resulted in a Cold War. Another problem Kennedy had was his cabinet members, which all had different thoughts on every subject. For example his Secretary, Dean Rusk, believed that any communist plot should be stopped immediately because it could be a sign of them trying to take over the world. JFK elected Walt Rostow to be his presidential advisor. Rostow believed that the United States need to use their military power to cut off the supplies they’ve been giveing to the Vietcong. He also believed that they need to bombed North Vietnam, which make South Vietnam more modern. General Maxwell Taylor criticized Eisenhower’s conventional training efforts. McGeorge Bundy shared similar views as Rostow, except Bundy wanted to attack the Northern Viet Cong. the NSC advisor wanted to attack the Viet Cong