... November and Kennedy's domestic polices of his first two years had been hampered by a slim majority in Congress.2 It was essential for Kennedy to gain more seats in Congress if he did not want his first term to become a failure. Taking this into consideration Kennedy's critics have charged him with deliberately engineering the Cuban Missile Crisis for political gains. This raises the question how much of an impact did domestic policy considerations have on decision making during the Cuban Missile Crisis? To answer this question a number of factors need to be examined. First is the need to understand the two schools of thought that have evolved on the subject of Kennedy's domestic policy considerations during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the main points of their debate. Second, an analysis of these 'main points' of the Cuban Missile Crisis with reference to domestic policy considerations will be undertaken. ...

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