In my opinion, The Cuban missile crisis as well as the Bay of Pigs operation could have played a part in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I think that there could have given someone the drive to do such a terrible thing, based on false terrible beliefs. Based on the things that occurred during the times of John F Kennedy, it could have given someone reason to want to do something like that. But on the other hand, I think that it shouldn't have played a part in it at all, because JFK did many great things for this country. The contributions he made, as well as the great decisions he made that potentially avoided nuclear war were very good for the United States. Arguably, without the smarts of John F Kennedy, the world as we know it could be so much different and it could have seen a nuclear war.
During the 1950's, the threat of communism worldwide was quite a serious problem. The United states took steps to avoid this spread, using something called McCarthyism. This was an idea that was designed to help keep Communism from taking over anywhere in the world. McCarthy created many groups similar to NATO, that brought countries together, and overall kept them democratic. They had names such as ANZUS (Australia New Zealand United states protection group) as well as many other groups globally. Without these precautions taken to avoid the spread of Communism, it could have taken over much more of the world than it did, and the world could be a very different place.
The Americans did many things in the 1950's to try and stop Communism in Europe. The Main implementation the Americans had was the Truman Doctrine. It came into play when the British pulled out of Greece, and it was designed to prevent countries from turning communist. The Americans would give money to countries, in order for them to not turn Communist. They started by giving $400 Million to Turkey and Greece. This tied in with the Marshall plan, which was also a contributor to the anti communism efforts. This plan was to give money to countries to help rebuild them, and in turn assure that they would turn Democratic and not Communist. 16 different countries applied for aid,,and the Americans helped drastically.
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