Stopping the spread of communism
In order to stop the spread of communism the US initiated the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was set forth by the US president at the time whose name was Harry Truman. This was considered a “line in the sand” of how much communism would spread. The Truman Doctrine displayed that the US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations. In addition to the Truman Doctrine, was the Marshall Plan. This plan was created to support Europe. Therefore, the United States gave economic funding to help recreate European economies after the end of World War II in order to avoid the spread of Communism. The Plan was running for four years and its main aims were to rebuild war-affected areas, make Europe prosperous again and modernize it. These two plans helped limit the spread of communism. They were similar to each other however both played an individual role in how the US stopped to spread communism.
prevention of international spread of communism
After WWII America feared the spread of communism internationally. They focused first on winning over European states by essentially throwing money at them. After the creation of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, which dealt with Europe America shifted their focus globally and domestically. Americans used McCarthyism to domestically deter communism. Internationally they introduced the Eisenhower Doctrine. Similar to the Truman Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine was focused on containment. However his method was through the creation of various collaborative groups. In South America the OAS was created. New Zealand and Australia were involved with the ANZUS. Southeast Asian countries joined SEATO. Lastly, Middle Eastern countries united under the title of CENTO. Together all of these organizations prevented the spread of Communism.
cuban missile crisis and the assassination of John f. kennedy
Until the year of 1959, the US supported the corrupt Cuban government which permitted crime groups in America to operate in their country. However, when Fidel Castro took over through a communist revolution, everything changed. Castro immediately sought to reduce American influence on the island. He nationalized American-dominated industries such as sugar and mining. Resulting fro this, America developed a plan to invade the bay of pigs. The invasion of the bay of pigs was to train Cuban operatives to attack with American support. Unfortunately, the invasion was almost immediately a disaster, ash as much as JFK didn't want to abandon Cuba to the communists, he didn't want to start another war. This was the criminals last chance to regain their lost assets. The Cuban missile crisis in 1962 was when high altitude American spy planes discovered that their were Russian nuclear weapons in Cuba. IN response, the Us created a naval blockade to precent Russian spies from entering the region. Thankfully, disaster was avoided.In my opinion I don't think the Cuban missile Crisisplayed a major role in the assassination of JFK, but the bay of pigs might have. I think that because JFk did not call for air support, it angered several crime groups in Cuba, which built tension and may have lead to his assassination. However, there are many myths surrounding this issue and nothing is for certain.