Bibliograph

President Kennedy, profile of power, Richard Reeves

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President Kennedy, profile of power, Richard Reeves

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

President Kennedy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

28257477

Responsibility statement

Richard Reeves

Sub title

profile of power

Summary

The author offers an excellent study of Kennedy as crisis manager. He presents Kennedy as neither an amoral playboy nor the ruler of Camelot but a poorly prepared president with mediocre congressional experience. Each chapter presents a different day in the administration--a unique format that effectively reveals how Kennedy responded to simultaneous harrowing issues. The Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crises, Vietnam, and the diplomacy of arms reduction illustrate how Kennedy was constrained by the unshakable Cold War fear of monolithic communism. This approachable investigation of Kennedy's use of power provides a thorough, even-handed review of the Kennedy years

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