Privately, John F. Kennedy believed that nuclear weapons were, as he put it, “only good for deterring.” He also felt it was “insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world ...

(CNN)-- Former President John F. Kennedy saw a proposed ban on above-ground nuclear tests as a way to thaw U.S.-Soviet relations after the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to recordings released ...

the first nuclear weapons treaty in history. Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy. Courtesy: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum The popular legend of John F. Kennedy superseded reality ...

President John F. Kennedy Attends ... to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere…. We no longer live in a world where only the actual firing of weapons represents ...