Kennedy / Edition 1

by Hugh Brogan

Overview

This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. To understand Kennedy's aims and achievements in the White House, it looks at Kennedy the man and outlines his background and early career and the influences upon him. Hugh Brogan shows Kennedy as a credible statesman, a man of solid achievement. His record as President was, broadly, impressive and would have been more so had he lived.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582437494
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/17/2000
Series:	Profiles In Power
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hugh Brogan is the author of the best selling "Longman/Penguin History of the USA."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. 1. The Kennedy Problem. 2. A Candidate for Office. 3. Alarms and Excursions. 4. The View from the White House. 5. The Missiles of October. 6. Revolution. 7. Vietnam. 8. Death and a Presidency. Chronology. Bibliographical Essay.

Editorial Reviews

"a rare book...it may be the best short study of its overburdened subject ever written...a miniature model of the historian's craft"Times Higher Education Supplement "Crisp, fair-minded, well-informed, elegant and witty, Hugh Brogan's Kennedy is the best modern account of the Kennedy presidency" Arthur Schlesinger

From the Publisher

This introduction to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy examines his background and early career to understand his aims and achievements in the White House. It assesses his foreign policy, his part in the civil rights movement, and his agenda as a reformer, and discusses the significance of his murder and ponders what he might have done had he lived. Includes a chronology and bibliographical essay. Brogan is retired from the University of Essex. First published in 1996 by Pearson Education Limited. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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