“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I’ve enjoyed it.”
The Kennedys with their children, Caroline and John Jr., were the kind of family people dream of having. Their years in the White House were later likened to Camelot -- the imaginary castle and court of King Arthur.
Thurston Clarke is a historian. He wrote two books about John F. Kennedy. He describes a famous photograph that captures the romance between John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline.
“…and he gets off the helicopter in Hyannis Port and she rushes up and they throw their arms around each other and give this incredible hug.”
In truth, the Kennedys had a complex relationship. John Kennedy had relationships with other women while he was married.
“For many years, she had to pretend that her marriage was perfect.”
President Kennedy faced difficult foreign policy decisions during his less than three years in office. The United States and the Soviet Union were in the midst of a cold war. John Kennedy came to office with the goal of fighting Communism.
He suffered early in his term with a failed invasion of Cuba. But his public image recovered during a visit to Germany. In Berlin, Kennedy became famous for a speech denouncing Soviet Communism.
Later, he ordered a naval blockade of Cuba in an effort to stop the shipment of Soviet missiles to the island. He successfully persuaded the Soviet Union to remove the missiles already there and disarm the weapons sites.
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