The Cold War between democracy and communism was becoming more belligerent, and the United States and the Soviet Union possessed enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world many times over.

Two days after JFK was killed, Oswald was shot dead by nightclub ... The background to this was the Cold War, the constant threat of nuclear war between the USA and the Soviet Union.

Kennedy’s agenda promised new opportunities in an age of accelerating challenges. Yet his initiatives and reforms for containing the Cold War, increasing civil rights, and exploring space never came ...

JFK: Celebrity in the White House - Why is he still an icon of the Cold War era? By Professor Lewis L Gould The story of one of the most damaging spy rings in British history - and the astonishing ...

JFK Presidential Library and Museum ... to maintain a military force comparable to the Germans leading up to World War II. He had traveled throughout Europe while his father Joseph was ambassador ...

Did John F Kennedy become terrified of Cuba’s growing power during the Cold War Era? The cast for the series includes actors ...

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.JFK Library and Museum But their nearly 70-year-old bilateral ties were shaped by warm personal relations between leaders bound by a Cold War alliance. Connections ...