InauguralAddressJohnF.KennedyInauguration“Asknotwhatthecountrycandoforyou,askwhatyoucandoforthecountry”------ByKennedyJohnF.Kennedy(1917—1963)Born:May29,1917,inBrookline,MassachusettsDied:November22,1963,inDallas,TexasNickname:JFKJackMarried:JacquelineLeeBouvier(1929-1994),onSeptember12,1953Religion:RomanCatholic(ThefirstRomanCatholictobecomepresidentoftheUnitedStated.Hefacedthereligionissuefrankly.HedecidedhisfirmbeliefintheseparationofChurchandstate.)Education:GraduatedfromHarvardCollege(1940)PoliticalParty:DemocratCareer:1941-45Author;officer,U.S.Navy;1947-53newspapercorrespondent;memberofU.S.HouseofRepresentatives;1953-61UnitedStatesSenator,;1961-63PresidentoftheUnitedStatesWritings:WhyEnglandSlept(1940)ProfilesinCourage(1956)---Anambitiouspolitician:KennedystudiedatHarvardandafterhehadfinished,healsohadtoserveinthewar.In1952hebecamesenatorofMassachusetts.In1956healmostbecamerunningmateofAdlaiStevenson,butlosttheelections.HewaselectedforpresidentinNovember1960,defeatedRichardNixon---AtragicendOn22November1963,KennedyvisitedDallaswithhiswifeJackie.Hewasshotduringaridingtourinanopenlimousineanddiedafterabouthalfanhour.ThesocialbackgroundInternationalbackgroundDomesticbackgroundInternationalbackgroundAfterEisenhower(Eisenhower)cametopowerinJanuary1953,theUnitedStatesbegantoadjustthepolicytotheSovietUnion:first,theEasternEuropewaschangedfromtheoriginalpolicyofcontainmenttoemancipationpolicy,andthecontrolofEasternEuropefromtheSovietUnionwasliberatedfromallmeansotherthanwar,especiallypeacefulevolution;在艾森豪威尔(艾森豪威尔)1953年1月上台,美国开始调整政策:第一,苏联东欧发生了变化从遏制原有的“政策”到“解放”的政策,并从苏联东欧的控制是从战争以外的一切手段解放,特别是“和平演变”Secondly,AiSenhao.Will,inviewofthefailureofBritainintheSuezincident,andtheSovietUnioninthisareatofillthevacuum,putforwardEisenhowerdoctrine,andtheSovietUnionforthethirdworld;third,themilitaryuseoflarge-scalerevengestrategytoreplacethemilitarycontainmentstrategy,topursuetheedgeofwarpolicy,inEastAsiatosignaseriesofpoliciesMilitarytreatiesanddirectmilitaryinterventioninIndochinainJuly1954.其次,艾森豪威尔鉴于英国在苏伊士事件中的失败、苏联插手这个地区填补“真空”,提出“艾森豪威尔主义”,同苏联争夺第三世界;第三,军事上用“大规模报复战略”取代“军事遏制战略”,奉行“战争边缘”政策,在东亚签订一系列军事条约,并于1954年7月直接投入对印度支那的军事干涉。DomesticbackgroundAfterthevictoryoftheCubanrevolutionin1959,theUSgovernmenthadbeenhostiletoCuba.In1961,theUSmercenariesbegantoinvadeCuba,whenthesituationwastense1959年古巴革命胜利后,美国政府对古巴一直采取敌视态度。1961年美国雇佣军开始入侵古巴,当时形势紧张。ThevideoofInauguralAddress