John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio - History as Told
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The Kennedy Presidency, and his role in the history of a turbulent time, told through fast-paced narrative and illustrated with documents, photographs, artifacts, and audio recordings exclusive to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. PublicAffairs is proud to introduce the first volume in our new Presidential Library Series, edited by renowned presidential historian Michael Beschloss.Each year, thousands of people visit the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum to experience the "thousand days" of his presidency and learn what it took to be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. Now readers can revisit the tenure of one of America's most mythic figures and most controversial presidents through this elegantly designed book and portfolio. John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio is a unique time capsule that captures the essence, style, and excitement of the Kennedy presidency. Readers will travel back in time to the breathtakingly close election; the drama of the Cuban Missile Crisis; the careful political maneuvering at the start of the civil rights movement; the Bay of Pigs fiasco; and the inspiring creation of the Peace Corps. Key figures, such as First Lady Jacquel
Author: Charles Kenney
Format: Hardback, 256 pages, 210mm x 255mm, 1113 g
Published: 2000, PublicAffairs,U.S., United States
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
The Kennedy Presidency, and his role in the history of a turbulent time, told through fast-paced narrative and illustrated with documents, photographs, artifacts, and audio recordings exclusive to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. PublicAffairs is proud to introduce the first volume in our new Presidential Library Series, edited by renowned presidential historian Michael Beschloss.Each year, thousands of people visit the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum to experience the "thousand days" of his presidency and learn what it took to be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. Now readers can revisit the tenure of one of America's most mythic figures and most controversial presidents through this elegantly designed book and portfolio. John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio is a unique time capsule that captures the essence, style, and excitement of the Kennedy presidency. Readers will travel back in time to the breathtakingly close election; the drama of the Cuban Missile Crisis; the careful political maneuvering at the start of the civil rights movement; the Bay of Pigs fiasco; and the inspiring creation of the Peace Corps. Key figures, such as First Lady Jacquel