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Harold and Jack : the remarkable friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy /

Documents the unlikely friendship between the British Prime Minister and the thirty-fifth President, tracing their collaborative efforts during the Bay of Pigs, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandford, Christopher, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Macmillan, Harold, > 1894-1986.
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963 > Decision making.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-1964 > Decision making.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Mending fences
  • Ancient and modern
  • Operation rose
  • Special relationships
  • "The problems which now confront us are really terrifying"
  • Avoiding the rogue elephant
  • To the brink
  • Family feud
  • The men who saved the world
  • Aftermath.