HSTR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Appeasement, Domino Theory, Cold War
2 Dec 2016
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Born into a rich family in boston, already well established in politics, dad made money 2 ways as a movie producer, and an importer of canadian whisky during the prohibition. Goes to harvard writes his honors thesis against appeasement. Served in the us navy on a torpedo boat. Whe(cid:374) the (cid:449)ar e(cid:374)ded, he (cid:449)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)to politics (father did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t this, (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted hi(cid:373) to go into business) Elected to congress in 1946 and in 1950 he wins a senate seat, makes a name for himself as a die hard cold warrior. Tries again with the containment policy no appeasement will do the hardest thing. In the 1960 he secures the democratic nomination necessary to get things done. Cia plan to overthrow the castro government in cuba no america troops can be used in this plan april 1962 land in the bay of pigs and immediately defeated: jfk"s greatest failure.
