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October 8, 2012

The Lie That Screwed Up 50 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy

Leslie Gelb, Foreign Policy

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Kennedy's victory in the messy and inconclusive Cold War naturally came to dominate the politics of U.S. foreign policy. It deified military power and willpower and denigrated the give-and-take of diplomacy. It set a standard for toughness and risky dueling with bad guys that could not be matched -- because it never happened in the first place.

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TAGGED: Russia, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy, Cuba, United States

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