1. Foreign Policy-Flexible
Response
• 6 Stages to JFK’s Foreign Policy
• 1. Nukes
• 2. Conventional Weapons
• 3. Covert Operations
• 4. Economic Aid
• 5. Peace Corps
• 6. Diplomacy

2. 1. Nuclear Weapons
• JFK wanted a variety of options to deal with international conflicts
• Unlike Ike-didn’t want nukes to be the only option
• Failure of Brinkmanship
• Hungary (1956)
• Missile Gap?? Were the Russians ahead?
• 1961-63 ICBM’s-could annihilate USSR
• 1963-424 ICBM’s

3. 2. Conventional Weapons + 3. Green
Berets
• 2. Conventional
Weapons-Increase in
Defense Budget by 15%
• 3. Green Berets created
for covert operations
• Special Military Units for
wars of national liberation
• Vietnam, Cuba

4. 4. Economic Aid
• Alliance for Progress
• Marshall Plan for Latin
America
• $20 Billion in aid
• Most of the $$ never got
to the people that
needed it!

5. 5. Peace Corps + 6. Diplomacy
• Sent Young volunteers to
work in developing
countries for 2 years
• Taught people democracy
and capitalism
• First went to Ghana &
Tanzania
• Diplomacy-work through
communication to solve
international problems

6. 5. Peace Corps + 6. Diplomacy
• Sent Young volunteers to
work in developing
countries for 2 years
• Taught people democracy
and capitalism
• First went to Ghana &
Tanzania
• Diplomacy-work through
communication to solve
international problems