night, jack s mother rose. john f. kennedy did not want his mother to go. he didn t want a huge family delegation going with him to europe, but his mom insisted. his mother loved the limelight. she was interested in power, and she liked being around people with power. away from the banquets and the cameras, jack has a serious mission in vienna. both sides have enough missiles to destroy the entire world. so kennedy intends to make a deal on nuclear disarmament with khrushchev. john kennedy was deeply concerned about nuclear danger, that the cold war could spiral out of control. since the bay of pigs, jack no longer has full confidence in his own advisers. the kennedys always liked to operate on more than one track. they always like to do things privately, through the family. and jack always used bobby as a secret messenger to his friends
with the leader of the soviet union, nikita khrushchev. the world is nervous about nuclear war in 1961, and they welcomed a summit meeting between the head of the soviet union, khrushchev, and president kennedy. what kennedy wanted to do was the show the world i can find common language with this man. we can do business. an historic palace. the state dinner brings mr. and mrs. kennedy and mr. and mrs. khrushchev together. during two days of talks jack launches a charm offensive spearheaded by the first lady. they had a lovely banquet. khrushchev sat next to jackie, and she did what she could do to charm him. mr. khrushchev visibly enjoys the evening with the glamorous american first lady and even insisted on shaking her hand before her husband s. there s another kennedy dining with the khrushchevs that
there s another kennedy dining with the khrushchevs that night, jack s mother rose. john f. kennedy did not want his mother to go. he didn t want a huge family delegation going with him to europe, but his mom insisted. his mother loved the limelight. she was interested in power, and she liked being around people with power. away from the banquets and the cameras, jack has a serious mission in vienna. both sides have enough missiles to destroy the entire world. so kennedy intends to make a deal on nuclear disarmament with khrushchev. john kennedy was deeply concerned about nuclear danger, that the cold war could spiral out of control. since the bay of pigs, jack no longer has full confidence in his own advisers. the ken deese always like to operate on more than one track. they always like to do things privately, through the family.
jack kennedy would go to a fancy hotel in massachusetts and they would invite all the ladies of the town to dress in their best finery and come to have formal tea with the kennedys. it was really one of the first times that women got involved in politics in a very sustained way. jack s sisters and his mother rose would wear what we call poodle skirts, then they would stand up and they d reveal that their skirts are embroidered jfk. but his father joe understands that jack needs far more than fashion and fine china. joe kennedy didn t like what he thought was a lethargic campaign that the official campaign manager was running. joe wants his third son, bobby, now a lawyer at the department of justice, to take charge. jack is unconvinced. jack thought that bobby was a prude and a moralizer and was