{"id":4228,"date":"2018-06-21T11:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T08:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:44:36","slug":"jfk-speech-on-castro-and-cuba-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/jfk-speech-on-castro-and-cuba-1960\/","title":{"rendered":"JFK: Speech on Castro and Cuba, 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/castro\/JFK_on_Cuba.docx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/castro\/castro.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"358\" \/>JFK: Speech on Castro and Cuba, 1960<br \/>\n<\/a>The centerpiece of JFKs attack on the Eisenhower administration was its failure to anticipate and then deal with the rise of Castro. The following speech is therefore very useful evidence for developing your analysis of the conditions which brought Castro to power. Moreover, it is a classic example of why it is important to conduct a thorough evaluation of origin and purpose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/castro\/index.php\">Part of the &#8220;Rise of Castro&#8221; unit on ActiveHistory.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JFK: Speech on Castro and Cuba, 1960 The centerpiece of JFKs attack on the Eisenhower administration was its failure to anticipate and then deal with the rise of Castro. The following speech is therefore very useful evidence for developing your analysis of the conditions which brought Castro to power. Moreover, it is a classic example&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/jfk-speech-on-castro-and-cuba-1960\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[605,946,896,604,458],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history","tag-605","tag-castro","tag-cuba","tag-jfk","tag-speech"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5893,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/the-rise-of-castro-to-power-in-cuba-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":4228,"position":0},"title":"How successful was Castro as ruler of Cuba? 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