Guerrilla Warfare

Archive Report

Threat in Communist Guerrilia Strategy

Kennedy'S Warning on Red Use of Guerrillas

President kennedy told the nation on his return from Europe, June 6, that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had insisted to him in Vienna that communism would triumph in the new and less-developed countries of the world. Khrushchev was “certain that the tide there was moving his way, that the revolution of rising peoples would eventually be a Communist revolution, and that the so-called wars of liberation supported by the Kremlin would replace the old methods of direct aggression and invasion.” Kennedy declared that, for his part, he believed “just as strongly that …liberty and independence and self-determination, not communism, is the future of man.” But he saw the struggle as “a continuing crisis of this ...

locked icon

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

  • Watch videos from a variety of sources bringing classroom topics to life
  • Read modern, diverse business cases
  • Explore hundreds of books and reference titles