There are many different opinions on how JFK’s assassination happened and many people do not believe that the US government was truthful about it all. Americans still do not trust the government because of the assassination. The most obvious theory is related to the Cuban Missile Crisis. When Cuba became a communist country and a revolution began. The CIA and the Cuban mods decided to join as one to attempt to revolt against the communist government at the Bay of Pigs. However they were not successful and were either taken to prison or killed. In consequence both the CIA and the Cuban Mobs were angry that they could not take down the US government. The CIA was embarrassed because they looked bad and the Mobs were furious because they could no longer retrieve their wealth back from the government. Since both of these groups were angry with JFK they could have killed him. They both had the power to do so as well as they could cover it up. Therefore in my opinion the Cuban Missile Crisis had a great significance to the JFK assassination.
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The USA still feared the worldwide spread of communism in the 1950's. However, when Dwight Eisenhower was elected as the US president, he gave a speech in 1957 aiming to stop the spread of communism. During the speech he introduced the Eisenhower Doctrine, which was aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide. It was known as an american process to stop communism. In addition to the Eisenhower Doctrine he established the Doctrine of containment. This included OAS, ANZUS, SEATO, and Cento. The five countries these included were Latin America, New Zealand along with Australia, South East Asia and the Middle East. This was a response to a series of moves by the soviet union therefore a big part of the Cold War. Eisenhower released that communism was an ideology, one that could spread to all corners of the world and cause major problem of oppression and freedom. To protect that freedom and democracy he put the doctrine of containment in place. Although the US made many attempts to stop the spread of communism worldwide, many americans continued to fear it. Consequently this started McCarthyism. Meaning that many people were accused of being communist although they were not, this ended up ruining many peoples lives.
During 1945-1950, the United States refused the spread of communism. Harry Truman introduced the Truman Doctrine which was a plan to give 400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey. The effect was to end the Communist threat, and in 1952 both countries (Greece and Turkey) joined NATO, a military alliance that guaranteed their protection. This led to The Marshall Plan was similar but allowed countries to apply for the money to rebuild their countries. Sixteen nations applied, even countries who were neutral in the war. This helped keep the countries democratic and would show countries who were communist that democracy could supply the life that was always wanted and that communism would never be able to supply. In their behalf of Berlin, the US stood by this plan. The Russians cut off their train route so the US couldn't get supplies to their half of Berlin. Giving up Berlin was one of their few options. They stood but their plan and flew supplies by aircraft.
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