But the New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises—it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them.” He promises that the set of challenges upon all the Americans. Also in 1961 the major world event was the two superpowers in the world, the Communist Soviet Union, and the United States of America. Kennedy’s attitude towards Russia was pretty aggressive.Russia was part of the Vietnam war, they supported north Vietnam with weapons and troops with the other communist countries: China, east Germany, north Korea, and Cuba. When the Vietnam war started, the war wasn't only just in South Asia, the war fighting between communists and democracy was all over the world, Kennedy asserted that “All problems are dwarfed by the necessity of the West to maintain against the Communists a balance of power.” All the Americans were so afraid of the communists would get into the states. …show more content…
Ever since the red scare in the 1920s, the revolution in Russia based on Marxist teachings that all the private properties belong to the governments, it was serious threat to all americans and their freedom, also against the declaration of independence, the people lose their basic rights, the right to life, liberty and happiness. During the cold war era, South Asia is part of the battle field, Cuba, Korea, and Germany was also involved, the purpose for all this was to stop the spreading of communists and protect the American way of life. On June 25 1950, the Korean War began, the communists north, supported by China and soviet Union invaded the South, supported by the United Nations. This was not simply a border dispute, but many countries feared that it was the first step for the communism to conquer the world. “ If we let Korea down, the Soviet will keep right on going swallow up one after another.”—Harry Truman. Cuba, was the closest country near the United States that fall to the communism, also the first country threaten the United States with the nuclear weapons. Overall, the communists were the biggest fear for all Americans in the 20th century, and Kennedy stated that America would pay any prices bear any burden to assure the liberty and freedom upon Americans. Also Kennedy believed that by helping developed countries after the world wars, would gain trusts and also keep them away form Russians’ influences. In 1946-1954 the French Indochina war left Vietnam split between Communist