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John F. Kennedy - The Promise Revisited (Hardcover)
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John F. Kennedy - The Promise Revisited (Hardcover)
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As reassessment of Kennedy for the popular audience largely carries
on in terms of hagiography or talebearing, some scholars are more
quietly at work to fashion a dispassionate appraisal. A good
sampling of research is this collection of 23 papers from a 1985
conference at Hofstra University. The topics, varied if not
perfectly balanced encompass the missile crisis, fiscal policy, and
other standard questions, as well as less traveled ground such
Indo-American relations and the influence of William Lederer and
Eugene Burdick's The Ugly American on the era. The conclusions are
varied too, with Kennedy appearing neither a saint nor a scoundrel.
Library Journal The introduction looks at Kennedy as president and
as politician, and establishes the two realms, myth and substance,
in which the subsequent examination of Kennedy's life and career
will be conducted. His presidency is then divided into the broad
categories of foreign policy and domestic policy. Within these
categories the suceeding chapters touch on the major controversies
and conflicts of the Kennedy years in office, from the question of
his religion, which clouded the candidacy, to his final days in the
White House. The essays use events of the presidency as a means of
reflecting on Kennedy the man, the Senator, and the candidate, as
well as the President. Nothing is taken at face value, not
Kennedy's liberalism, his support of minorities, nor the wisdom of
his economic measure or his foreign policy decisions. All are
scrutinized for the reality that often has been obscured by the
popular myth. Along with the more widely noted issues, such as the
communications flap over the vast wasteland reference, there are
chapters on lesser known but nonetheless important issues, such as
Kennedy's management of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
and his handling of relations with India. A brief concluding
section sets the Kennedy presidency within a frame of two others,
those of Truman and Reagan, yielding insights into each.
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