Part one of term paper
The : Necessary or Not? "…Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. To adopt that kind of course in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy- -or of a collective death- ...

Part two of term paper
... risk by forcing Moscow to choose only total surrender or total war. Due to fear, mistrust, and the desire to show political strength, JFK brought the Untied States and the world as close as it has ever been to global catastrophe. War was avoided, but there is room for doubt that this dangerous gamble was necessary to create peace. On April 17, 1961, an invasion force comprised of anti-Castro Cubans, who had been trained by the United States government, landed on the shores of the Bay of Pigs in C ...