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Author : W. J. Rorabaugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521816173
Explores life in America in the early Sixties when Kennedy was President.
Author : W. J. Rorabaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015078778175
When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory. Rorabaugh cuts through the mythology of this election to explain the operations of the campaign and offer a corrective to Theodore White's flawed classic, 'The Making of the President'.
Author : Henry Fairlie
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015000249519
"For Americans life will be more difficult and more challenging in the 1960's than it has ever been in the past"--John F. Kennedy. For Americans in the 1970's, these words from John Kennedy's 1960 campaign have an eerily prophetic ring, since the past decade did indeed bring unprecedented difficulties and challenges to the American people. Henry Fairlie argues that these were a self-fulfilling prophecy, that the very rhetoric and style of the Kennedys were largely responsible for the unrest and disilussionment that marked the late 1960's. "One cannot blame the Kennedy's," writes Mr. Fairlie, "for the whole displacement of politics which took pace in the 1960's; and on cannot blame them only for any of it. But the fact remains that they had an unusual impact on the social imagination of the American people during the years in which they acted, beyond the meaning of anything which they did, and that the force of that impact was to persuade the people either that the limits of politics could be transcended, or that politics could transcend the limits of the commonplace world."
Author : Lewis J. Paper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:642045434
Author : Jeffrey K. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1452084424
The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope when John F. Kennedy (JFK) became the youngest elected President in American history. Kennedy's "New Frontier" promised youthful and dynamic leadership, heading into the latter half of the century. A thousand days into the Kennedy presidency, an assassin's bullets shattered the dreams of an idealistic generation. After the Kennedy assassination, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) was catapulted into the Oval Office, much to the chagrin of JFK's younger brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy. His idyllic life disrupted by fate, RFK viewed Johnson as a petty interloper, who had seized JFK's rightful place in history. Ever fearful that Robert Kennedy would attempt to regain the presidential throne, LBJ's paranoia ultimately compromised his judgment and contributed to his downfall. "Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s" chronicles the personal and political feud between two powerful and controversial twentieth century icons.
Author : W. J. Rorabaugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107049239
This short overview of the United States hippie social movement examines hippie beliefs and practices.
Author : Jim F. Heath
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : 0253202019
Discusses the decade of the Sixties in America, the administrations of two Democratic Presidents, Kennedy and Johnson, and the war in Vietnam.
Author : Jim F. Heath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 060805027X
The sixties began optimistically, with Americans full of hope and expectation, voting to support a new, young, charismatic leader who promised to "move America forward." Tragically, something went wrong. Instead of finding its Utopia, America became a country struggling desperately to escape its Armageddon. President Kennedy's New Frontier fell far short of its promise in tangible domestic legislation and his foreign policy decisions pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust, while President Johnson's dream of a Great Society foundered in the quicksand of the Vietnam war. This revealing history of the Kennedy-Johnson years begins with the presidential primaries of 1960 and concludes with Johnson's final weeks as a lame duck President. An expert and objective history of an exciting period -- its social, cultural, and economic facets as well as its political developments.
Author : John Robert Greene
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815651338
In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the clichés and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century. Greene sketches the well-known players of the period—John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Betty Friedan—bringing each to life with subtle detail. He introduces the reader to lesser-known incidents of the decade and offers fresh and persuasive insights on many of its watershed events. Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Sixties enriches our understanding of that pivotal era.
Author : Jason K. Duncan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136174872
Half a century after his assassination, John F. Kennedy continues to evoke widespread fascination, looming large in America’s historical memory. Popular portrayals often show Kennedy as a mythic, heroic figure, but these depictions can obscure the details of the president’s actual achievements and challenges. Despite the short length of his time in office, during his presidency, Kennedy dealt with many of the issues that would come to define the 1960s, including the burgeoning Cold War and the growing Civil Rights movement. In John F. Kennedy: The Spirit of Cold War Liberalism, Jason K. Duncan explains Kennedy’s significance as a political figure of the 20th century in U.S. and world history. Duncan contextualizes Kennedy’s political career through his personal life and addresses the legacy the president left behind. In a concise narrative supplemented by primary documents, including presidential speeches and critical reviews from the left and right, Duncan builds a biography that elucidates the impact of this iconic president and the history of the 1960s.
Author : Larry J. Sabato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620402818
An original and illuminating narrative revealing John F. Kennedy's lasting influence on America, by the acclaimed political analyst Larry J. Sabato. John F. Kennedy died almost half a century ago-yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated political scientist and analyst Larry J. Sabato-himself a teenager in the early 1960s and inspired by JFK and his presidency-explores the fascinating and powerful influence he has had over five decades on the media, the general public, and especially on each of his nine presidential successors. A recent Gallup poll gave JFK the highest job approval rating of any of those successors, and millions remain captivated by his one thousand days in the White House. For all of them, and for those who feel he would not be judged so highly if he hadn't died tragically in office, The Kennedy Half-Century will be particularly revealing. Sabato reexamines JFK's assassination using heretofore unseen information to which he has had unique access, then documents the extraordinary effect the assassination has had on Americans of every modern generation through the most extensive survey ever undertaken on the public's view of a historical figure. The full and fascinating results, gathered by the accomplished pollsters Peter Hart and Geoff Garin, paint a compelling portrait of the country a half-century after the epochal killing. Just as significantly, Sabato shows how JFK's presidency has strongly influenced the policies and decisions-often in surprising ways-of every president since. Among the hundreds of books devoted to JFK, The Kennedy Half-Century stands apart for its rich insight and original perspective. Anyone who reads it will appreciate in new ways the profound impact JFK's short presidency has had on our national psyche.
Author : J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594038921
In this warm and intimate memoir Judge Wilkinson delivers a chilling message. The 1960s inflicted enormous damage on our country; even at this very hour we see the decade’s imprint in so much of what we say and do. The chapters reveal the harm done to the true meaning of education, to our capacity for lasting personal commitments, to our respect for the rule of law, to our sense of rootedness and home, to our desire for service, to our capacity for national unity, to our need for the sustenance of faith. Judge Wilkinson does not seek to lecture but to share in the most personal sense what life was like in the 1960s, and to describe the influence of those frighteningly eventful years upon the present day. Judge Wilkinson acknowledges the good things accomplished by the Sixties and nourishes the belief that we can learn from that decade ways to build a better future. But he asks his own generation to recognize its youthful mistakes and pleads with future generations not to repeat them. The author’s voice is one of love and hope for America. But our national prospects depend on facing honestly the full magnitude of all we lost during one momentous decade and of all we must now recover.
Author : Barbara A. Perry
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780700626502
In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for more than a half-century. Even now, long after her death in 1994, she remains a figure of enduring—and endearing—interest. Yet, while innumerable books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding this charismatic figure, Barbara Perry’s is the first to focus largely on Kennedys’ White House years, portraying a First Lady far more complex and enigmatic than previously perceived. Noting how Jackie’s celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry’s engaging and well-crafted story illuminates Kennedy’s immeasurable impact on the institution of the First Lady. Perry vividly illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier’s marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the First Lady’s mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience. By offering the White House as a stage for the arts, Jackie also bolstered the president’s Cold War efforts to portray the United States as the epitome of a free society. From redecorating the White House, to championing Lafayette Square’s preservation, to lending her name to fund-raising for the National Cultural Center, she had a profound impact on the nation’s psyche and cultural life. Meanwhile, her fashionable clothes and glamorous hairdos stood in stark contrast to the dowdiness of her predecessors and the drab appearances of Communist leaders’ spouses. Never before or since have a First Lady (and her husband) sparkled with so much hope and vigor on the stage of American public life. Perry’s deft narrative captures all of that and more, even as it also insightfully depicts Jackie’s struggles to preserve her own identity amid the pressures of an institution she changed forever. Grounded on the author’s painstaking research into previously overlooked or unavailable archives, at the Kennedy Library and elsewhere, as well as interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy’s close associates, Perry’s work expands and enriches our understanding of a remarkable American woman.
Author : Martina Kral
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783346898593
Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Bamberg (Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft), course: The Kennedy Era, language: English, abstract: The subject and aim of this work is to understand how Kennedy’s campaign rhetoric could be realized in regard to domestic programs; to which extent he was able to initiate and implement the approaches he outlined in his "New Frontier” acceptance speech. After an outline of JFK’s political career and the situation prior to his presidency, the focus of this work will be on the main ideas illustrated in “The New Frontier” address: core economic programs, Civil Rights Movements and the Space Race as “The Last Frontier”.
Author : Marc J. Selverstone
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444350364
b”A COMPANION TO JOHN F. KENNEDYA 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