The Johnson Doctrine

Throughout Kennedy’s speech you can see many different types of these devices first off, I would like to bring your attention to parallelism. The definition of Parallelism is “Uses of words or phrases in a similar structure”. In his speech he come right out of the gate in the first 5-6 paragraphs and begins to show this. For example on Page (283) Kennedy says, “To those who old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty for old faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative (SAS) ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder”. Furthermore he then directly goes into his next statement by saying “To those”. I also think that one of the man reasons his speech captivated not only America's people but many other nations, was due to how he connected with the audience.

Kennedy also brought the past into his speech. He spoke about Americas founding ideas and how the other countries did not support them. Kennedy wanted to change that. He hoped that every nation would put their differences aside and support each other’s views on freedoms.

Johnson’s first step after becoming president was to help the citizens of the U.S. and the world cope with the death of JFK. “American people actually were 190,000,000 dazed individuals; he had to give them that unity and confidence; he had to represent it to the world” (Wicker, 161). This was a great task for any man to take on and he did so with care. He showed compassion and provided comfort for the people, promising to continue the dreams Kennedy had and to make them become a way of life. These dreams caused most people to look up to Kennedy, and it turned him into a legend in the history books even though he did not accomplish all he had tried. To achieve what Kennedy had set out to do would take a great man, and a great man Johnson showed himself to be. He also “carefully honored the Kennedy legacy…and remained deeply respectful of JFK’s cabinet and top officials” (Schulman, 69).

In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, he says, “if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” He also states the importance of helping others around the world who do not have freedom. John F. Kennedy wanted to create peace with all nations before everything would be destroyed by a nuclear war. Lastly, he tells the citizens of the United States and other people from different nations that they have the ability to determine their own success or failure.

It was the early 1960’s and civil rights was a big argument. John F. Kennedy had just been elected president and his vice-president was Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy did a lot for civil rights, but was sadly assassinated three years after his election. Lyndon Johnson then became the president of the United States. Johnson had been born on a farm to a poor family, but slowly made his way up into congress. Johnson was a US Representative and a US Senate for Texas. In 1960 he decided to take a step up, and run for president of the United States. Johnson lost to Kennedy, but became his vice-president. Little did he know that he would soon become the president of the United States. When Johnson did become the president of the

President Kennedy and President Johnson had policies that lead America to the nation it is today. Although many policies were successful, both Johnson and Kennedy had committed some errors. This didn't stop the evolution of America or either of the hard working presidents on accomplishing what they both intended to do while in their time of presidency.

On November 27, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson delivered a speech. This was just five days after president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Johnson, being the new president of the United States, explained what a great loss fellow Americans had just encountered. His purpose of this speech was to inspire the nation and support them in a time of grief. He also wanted to give the nation hope, in that they would work to meet JFK’s visions.

Importantly, President John F. Kennedy policy on foreign helped make a great president. According to Bureau of Public Affair, “Kennedy’s foreign Policy”, Kennedy’s formed alliance with Latin America to help poor women and man that suffer from hunger and poverty. The United State hoped that Latin America will make the countries stronger. Next, Kennedy’s began American involvement with Vietnam. He’s getting involved because he received conflict advice from Vietnam. South Vietnam had a war about the Geneva Accord into Communist North Vietnam but not south. Kennedy’s goal is to containing communism so he supported South Vietnam and expand the military. And then American war in Vietnam was over because North Vietnam captured the capital city of Saigon. Now one of Kennedy’s important foreign policy

Johnson's own presidency shadows the divide of America. Johnson was brought into the continuing expansion of troubles in Vietnam. Kennedy had supported the South-Vietnamese democratic intentions, but shortly before his own

Within the President’s message he also employs an additional rhetorical feature in regards to its deliberative genre. Johnson spends a great deal of the speech explaining political plans and goals for America’s future. He also clarifies that he will “continue the work of President Kennedy.” The significance of this is that he has revealed his future agenda as well. By vowing to carry out the agenda of the Kennedy administration he is making a case for his assumed role of responsibility to keep the country in a forward movement. The deliberative genre here benefits his situation because he is demonstrating his hands-on approach to the sudden presidency bestowed upon him. A second example of the use of deliberative genre is when Johnson takes a stance on how the country will access nations abroad. He declares that “Those who test our courage will find it strong, and those who seek our friendship will find it honorable.” Here President Johnson has taken a stance against any doubts that America would not be able to handle such a tragedy in a graceful manner. This handling of words cultivates a positive and preserving attitude about America as a leading nation and loyal government.

Kennedy’s speech was one of inspiration and hope. He wanted to win the confidence of his citizens by delivering a short speech filled with noble ideals (Matheson 11). President Kennedy starts his inaugural address by exclaiming his understanding that America was very different from that of the nation’s predecessors. The President also wanted to send out a warning to all other nations by letting them know that with him as commander-in-chief, America would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty”(Kennedy 609). Basically he was stating that he would not think twice about using all possible forces in order to preserve peace and prosperity for the United States. He further goes on to offer his support to developing countries by pledging to help them help themselves but with a special stipulation. He warned these nations to not lean on America’s success but to form their own freedom when he stated, “remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought to find power by riding on the tiger’s back inevitably ended up inside” (Kennedy 609). Of all the very remarkable things that this president stated the thing that resonated with me was his backing of the United Nations which would have ultimately dissolved had we not given our support. As stated earlier, our nation was in an atomic war with the Soviet Union and the citizens of the United States were

The Kennedy Doctrine, which was to “Respond flexibly to communist expansion, especially guerrilla warfare” (Roskin & Berry, 2010, p. 58), was executed in this history-making event to the letter. Kennedy could have, and had the power to cease the unfolding events with an all out air strike on the Soviet Union. Some say it is due to bureaucratic politics and the accessibility of information that was provided to the National Security Council by the CIA and air force that this did not occur. In responding flexibly to what The Soviet Union and Cuba were planning, America assessed the volatile situation, forethought possible outcomes and negated all their options albeit under a tight time constraint. America’s forces were mobilized and ready to strike, had word been given nuclear war was on the cards. Kennedy wanted to give The Soviet Union an out and put a halt to a possible war, rethink the situation and allow an alternative to occur. Due to this diplomacy, The Soviet Union entered into negotiations “the Kremlin offered a deal: no Soviet missiles in Cuba if Washington promised not to invade” (Roskin & Berry, 2010, p. 87). By using the flexible response tactic, Kennedy was

The first chapter revolves around Mathews talking about how Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan became successful through the idea of “who you get to know” and not just who you know. Mathews explained how during the Great Depression, Lyndon B. Johnson would stay at the Dodge Hotel and approach the U.S. senators who stayed there one by one. This helped him engage with them more on a personal level and help him figure out the motives of these people as well as others. At one point Johnson “got up early to brush his teeth five times, with five-minute intervals in between” (Mathews 25) and this shows how determined he was to meet as many congressional secretaries as he could that lived there. Another way Johnson tried to know more about others is through the use of party cloakrooms. This was a place where congressmen and senators went to relax in their off time. Johnson hired “Bobby” Baker, the man who answered the phones in the Senate Democratic

“Because of who he was, because of what he confronted, but also because of how Lyndon Johnson came suddenly to be president, his relationship with the club was the most intense of any modern president.” Johnson relied on former Presidents Truman and Eisenhower to guide him through the tumultuous events prior to President Kennedy’s assassination. On November 22, 1963, Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office for a job “he could never have won on his own”, and just as Kennedy inherited Eisenhower’s Cuba policy, Johnson received Kennedy’s Vietnam commitment. The nation was in anguish after President Kennedy’s assassination and Johnson needed to convince the country he would be a capable successor. Eisenhower advised Johnson to call a joint session

"Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country," is a well-known quote among Americans that has so much meaning behind it. John F. Kennedy was a president for the United States and loved among many American citizens. His speeches were always thought out and used many rhetoric devices to reel his audience in. Therefore, making his speeches brilliant and known the citizens of America. By going over the main points of rhetoric JFK used in his innagural speech like antithesis, pathos, and the theme one can realize how deep the speech actually is.