JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President

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Название : JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President

Автор : Thurston Clarke

Издательство: The Penguin Press

Год издания : 2013

ISBN: 978-1-101-61780-9

Страниц: 448

Формат : EPUB

Размер файла: 14 MB

Язык : English

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Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy's legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the anniversary of Kennedy's assassination, JFK's Last Hundred Days reexamines the last months of the president's life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his extraordinary promise.

Kennedy’s last hundred days began just after the death of two-day-old Patrick Kennedy, and during this time, the president made strides in the Cold War, civil rights, Vietnam, and his personal life. While Jackie was recuperating, the premature infant and his father were flown to Boston for Patrick’s treatment. Kennedy was holding his son’s hand when Patrick died on August 9, 1963. The loss of his son convinced Kennedy to work harder as a husband and father, and there is ample evidence that he suspended his notorious philandering during these last months of his life.