Listening in: the secret White House recordings of John F. Kennedy [1st ed] 9781401324568, 9781401304713, 1401324568

A uniquely unscripted, insider account of Kennedy and his cabinet grappling with the day-to-day business of the White Ho

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English Pages 300 pages & 2 audio discs ; 24 cm Year 2012

Listening in: the secret White House recordings of John F. Kennedy [1st ed]
9781401324568, 9781401304713, 1401324568

Table of contents :
History --
Politics --
Civil Rights --
Cuba --
The bomb --
Space --
Vietman --
The world as it is --
The burden and the glory.

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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1. The Early Years; 2. Road to the White House; 3. Man at the Center; 4. World in

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Cover13; -- Preface -- Sources.;Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one nati

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The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human hist

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John F. Kennedy owed his victorious bid for the presidency—as well as his success in reversing former president Dwight D

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It was September 12, 1962, when Pres. John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University before nearly 50,000 people.

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