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President John F. Kennedy remains a seminal yet enigmatic figure in American politics. This collection offers an overview of Kennedy's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates that surround his time in office.
The essays explore Kennedy's life before the presidency, his campaign for the White House, his dealings with Congress, the significance of his family and key advisers, and his relationship with the media and the military. Further studies examine his handling of hot spots in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam, his management of related regional and global challenges, domestic concerns such as civil rights and the status of women, and the contentious debates that surround the tragedy in Dallas.
A Companion to John E Kennedy brings together leading experts from around the world, offering new insights and a balanced reappraisal of JFK and his administration, and stands as the definitive guide to the evolution and current status of Kennedy scholarship.
Marc J. Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, USA. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam (forthcoming). --Book Jacket.
I. The biographies -- Writing Kennedy / James Giglio -- II. Politics before the presidency -- Kennedy in Congress / Donald Ritchie -- The election of 1960 / William Rorabaugh -- III. Managing the presidency -- First family / Barbara Perry -- Robert F. Kennedy / Joseph Palermo -- Theodore Sorensen / Michael Brenes -- Action intellectuals / John Dumbrell -- Congress / K.C. Johnson -- Civil-military relations / Erin Mahan -- Media / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- IV. Hot spots -- Berlin / Andreas Daum -- Cuba / Alan McPherson -- Laos / Seth Jacobs -- Vietnam / Andrew Preston -- V. Global challenges -- Europe / Andrew Priest -- Latin America / Jeffrey Taffet -- Middle East / April Summit -- Africa / Philip Muehlenbeck -- Sino-Soviet split / Noam Kochavi -- Non-aligned world / Robert Rakove -- Foreign economic policy / Tom Zeiler -- Peace Corps / Nicole Anslover -- Brushfire wars / Jeff Woods -- Nuclear issues / Philip Nash -- Space / John Logsdon -- VI. Domestic concerns -- Kennedy liberalism / Lily Geismer -- Women's issues / MaryAnne Borrelli -- Civil rights / Derek Catsam -- Arts / Donna Binkiewicz -- VII. Dallas -- The assassination / John McAdams.
Includes bibliographical references and index.