Reading 2

This reading consisted of letters written between Khrushchev and Kennedy. The first letter that Krushchev wrote to Kennedy was trying to sweat talk to him. The second letter was more hard line. Kennedy was adviced only to respond to the first letter. I think this was because Kennedey did not want to revoke a political conflict. During this time communism was a brand new idea that had not been tested. Many people thought that it might be a better alternative to democracy. Krushchev's argues at the time made sence. He argued that the Soveit Union had just the same right to practice their form of goverment as the United States had to practive democracy. He reminded Kennedy that the U.S. had missles stationed in Turkey, within striking distance of Russia. He proposed that if Kennedy removed the missels from Turkey that he would take his missels out of Cuba. Kennedy refused this offer. Kennedy beleived that if it came down to nuclear war that the U.S. could beat Russia. Krushchev understood that either the U.S. or Russia enganged in nuclear war that it would not matter if you won because both contries would be devistated. Even if you fired your missels first the enemy would fires thiers minutes latter and at that time we had no defence agaist a nuclear attack.