A Companion to John F. Kennedy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Selverstone, Marc J.

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Produktbeschreibung

>A COMPANION TO JOHN F. KENNEDY A COMPANION TO JOHN F. KENNEDY "Marc J. Selverstone has compiled an indispensable volume of essays on John F. Kennedy and his presidency, written by a stellar cast of scholars. What stands out in sharp relief in this wide-ranging and authoritative book is how consequential were Kennedy's thousand days for the United States and for the world, and how controversial is his legacy. Fredrik Logevall, Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Professor of History, Cornell University "Marc J. Selverstone has brought together a remarkable group of scholars who illuminate the many important ideas of, and events that occurred during, this brief administration. This book is the best record of the Kennedy years." Alan Brinkley, Allan Nevins Professor of American History, Columbia University "This collection of talented scholars and their research and thoughts on John F. Kennedy is an invaluable resource: a deeply informed conversation for the ages.' Richard Reeves, writer, syndicated columnist, and senior lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California>

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118608869
• Artikelnr.: 40693035

Autorenporträt

Marc Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virgina's Miller Center. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Marc J. Selverstone Part I The
Biographies 5 1. Writing Kennedy 7 James N. Giglio Part II Politics before
the Presidency 31 2. Kennedy in Congress 33 Donald A. Ritchie 3. The
Election of 1960 51 William J. Rorabaugh Part III Managing the Presidency
75 4. The First Family 77 Barbara A. Perry 5. Robert F. Kennedy 96 Joseph
A. Palermo 6. Theodore Sorensen 115 Michael Brenes 7. The Action
Intellectuals 133 John Dumbrell 8. Congress 152 Robert David Johnson 9.
Civil-Military Relations 172 Erin R. Mahan 10. The Media 187 Aniko
Bodroghkozy Part IV Hot Spots 207 11. Berlin 209 Andreas W. Daum 12. Cuba
228 Alan McPherson 13. Laos 248 Seth Jacobs 14. Vietnam 269 Andrew Preston
Part V Global Challenges 289 15. Europe 291 Andrew Priest 16. Latin America
307 Jeffrey F. Taffet 17. The Middle East 328 April R. Summitt 18. Africa
347 Philip E. Muehlenbeck 19. The Sino-Soviet Split 366 Noam Kochavi 20.
The Nonaligned World 384 Robert B. Rakove 21. Foreign Economic Policy 405
Thomas W. Zeiler 22. The Peace Corps 422 Nicole L. Anslover 23. Brushfi re
Wars 436 Jeff Woods 24. Nuclear Issues 458 Philip Nash 25. The Moon Race
478 John M. Logsdon Part VI Domestic Concerns 497 26. Kennedy and the
Liberal Consensus 499 Lily Geismer 27. The Status of Women 519 MaryAnne
Borrelli 28. Civil Rights 540 Derek C. Catsam 29. The Arts 558 Donna M.
Binkiewicz Part VII Dallas 571 30. The Assassination 573 John McAdams Index
593