Article Review on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a Warrior for Peace :: President JFK

J.F.K The Making of America A Warrior for Peace By David Talbot cartridge holder Magazine, July 2, 2007This article concerns one of the most famous presidents of the twentieth century, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It is a thoroughly written piece on Kennedys devotion to peace end-to-end his administration. The author, David Talbot, focuses on the major particulars of Kennedys administration, starting with his aggressive campaign against Richard Nixon, touching on the Bay of Pigs invasion, and finally addressing the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis. Throughout the article, Talbot jimmies in Kennedys commentary on the issues at the time of their occurrence, and Kennedys colleagues commentary on the issues long after they have passed. Talbot is careful to stay unbowed to what Kennedy was like as a person. He titled the article A Warrior for Peace for a specific reason Kennedy truly was a human being that tried to keep the peace. This is evident with all of the issues that Talbot addressed . In the beginning of the article, Talbot includes an excerpt from a letter Kennedy wrote to his family saying All war is stupid. This is the tone that is effectively set for the article, that Kennedy did everything thinkable to avoid war. In the Bay of Pigs episode, Kennedy firmly stood his ground and did not send military enforcements (Marines and Air Force) to back up CIA officials Dulles and Bissell. Talbot remarks that that decision was the turning point of the Kennedy presidency, from then on it became a government at war with itself.Talbot harks upon the fact that Kennedy often did what he wanted instead of what he was advised. He was a man on a mission who consistently did what he, not others, thought was best and right and prosperous for his country. However, he was deft in his methods, that is, he very sprucely deflected his espionage school principals military council. Talbot firmly suggests that the sort of theme of Kennedys presidency was the following J.F.K.s strenu ous efforts to keep the country at peace in the brass section of equally ardent pressures from Washington to go to war. The war that he is most likely referring to is war with Cuba. It is a constant recurrence that during the Kennedy administration, the CIA and Air Force chief General Curtis LeMay wanted Kennedy to attack and declare war on Russia/Cuba. Kennedy, warrior for pace that he was, did not. Looking back, a few members of his administration were surprised to find that though Kennedys Joint Chiefs assured him that there were no nuclear warheads in Cuba, there actually were.