B - My books/videos related to JFK Life

1960 - LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon

David Pietrusza
2008

A John F.Kennedy Memorial

Macfadden-Bartell Corporation
1964

A Nation of Immigrants

John F.Kennedy
1964

A Picture Book of John F.Kennedy

Adler David D.
1991

A Tribute to John F.Kennedy

 
Paperback                           Hardcover

edited by Salinger Pierre
1964

Alla corte di Re Artù

Chomsky Noam
1993.

America The Beautiful in the words of John F.Kennedy

Kennedy John F.
1964

An unfinished life

Dallek Robert
2003

Ask Not [Il discorso di John Kennedy che cambio' l'America]

Clarke Thurston
2006

Ask what you can do for your country

Fleming Dan B. Jr
2002

Averting The Final Failure
[John F.Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings]

Stern Sheldon M.
2003

Battling Wall Street - The Kennedy Presidency

Gibson Donald
1994

Bay of Pigs declassified

Kornbluh Peter
1998

Camelot's Court
[Inside the Kennedy White House]

Robert Dallek
2013

C'etait...l'Amerique de Kennedy
[En 1963, le reve se brisait]

"Paris Match" - "L'Histoire"
2013

Collision with History
[The search for John F.Kennedy's PT 109]

Ballard Robert D.
2002

Come si fa il Presidente

White Theodore H.
1962

More than a year before the election of John F.Kennedy, Theodore H.White began to explore the secret planning and private aspirations of seven men, each of whom, in his own way, found his dreams tormented by the power that might be his in the White House. By spring, Mr White had begun to follow the open candidates as they plodded through the snows and early jousting of the primaries. Continuing through the conventions, the campaigns and the final drama of election night, he fashioned a work of contemporary history that highlights the decisions, the acts, the accidents, that created an American President, and also the cold political realities of a country upon whose decision the world of freedom waited.

Con Kennedy

Salinger Pierre
1967

Pierre Salinger, press secretary and confidant to the President, provides an insightful of John F.Kennedy presidency. A great book (in Italian).

Conversations with Kennedy

Ben Bradlee first came to know John Kennedy well when they were Washington neighbors in 1958. They remained good friends and off-the-record confidants until President Kennedy's death. They also had a more professional relationship governed by Bradlee's job covering the capital for Newsweek. With Kennedy's knowledge, Bradlee kept notes of their intimate conversations. These records are the basis for this behind-the-scenes record of the human side of JFK presidency.

Countdown 1960

The riveting new book on the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history

It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national conventions—where JFK chose Lyndon Johnson as his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby—this is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting. Like with many popular histories, readers may be familiar with the story, but few will know the behind-the-scenes details, told here with gripping effect.

The election of 1960 holds stunning parallels to our current political climate. There were—potentially valid—claims of voter fraud and a stolen election. There was also a presidential candidate faced with the decision of whether to contest the result or honor the peaceful transfer of power.

Crisis : Behind a Presidential Commitment

Drew Robert
DVD

Death of a Generation

Jones Howard
2003

Fallen Phrases

Amalia M. Sweetheart
2020

Ho amato JFK

Alford Mimi
2012

Hyannis Port was a special place for John F.Kennedy - the place he considered home and with his election to the presidency in 1960 it became the Summer White House.
It was an exciting time for America, a time of new beginnings and Hyannis Port found itself front and center on the world stage.
Commissioned by the John F.Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation, this documentary waves together rarely seen film with interviews from people who were there during that special time. The museum looks at the life and times of President Kennedy and his family on Cape Cod.
It is located at 397 Main Street in Hyannis,MA and is open year round except January and February.

Italian translation of four of the most important speeches of JFK : - his Program to the Congress (1960) ; -Announce of Alliance for Progress (1961) - Naval block of Cuba (1962)  - Speech at Berlin (1963).

Italian translation of the famous book "A Thousand Days : JFK in the White House".
As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary Kennedy administration.
Schlesinger close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account.

Italian DVD.
The famous speech done on June 26,1963 from J.F.Kennedy during his visit at West Berlin, when he said "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" ("I am a Berlin citizen").

This book not only emphasizes his Irish background, his love of Ireland and his association with its people, but also throws some light on how and why he differed from the familiar Irish-American political figure of an earlier day.
The wave of emotion that grew through four summer days in Ireland in 1963 reached its climax as the President boarded the plane for his return to the United States. He said "I certainly will come back in the springtime". and the fact that he did not live enough to carry out his promise gave the words special poignancy for the Irish.

The most famous Italian biography of President Kennedy, from journalist Gianni Bisiach.

The most famous Italian biography of President Kennedy, from journalist Gianni Bisiach.
Revised edition in the 50th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination.

An illuminating account of John F. Kennedy’s brief but transformative tenure in the White House, from acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential historian for ABC News
Nearly sixty years after his death, JFK still holds an outsize place in the American imagination. While Baby Boomers remember his dazzling presence as president, millennials more likely know him from advertisements for Omega watches or Ray Ban sunglasses. Yet his years in office were marked by more than his style and elegance. His presidency is a story of a fledgling leader forced to meet unprecedented challenges, and to rise above missteps to lead his nation into a new and hopeful era.
Kennedy entered office inexperienced but alluring, his reputation more given by an enamored public than earned through achievement. In this gripping new assessment of his time in the Oval Office, Updegrove reveals how JFK’s first months were marred by setbacks: the botched Bay of Pigs invasions, a disastrous summit with the Soviet premier, and a mismanaged approach to the Civil Rights movement. But the young president soon proved that behind the glamour was a leader of uncommon fortitude and vision.
A humbled Kennedy conceded his mistakes, and, importantly for our times, drew important lessons from his failures that he used to right wrongs and move forward undaunted. Indeed, Kennedy grew as president, radiating greater possibility as he coolly faced a steady stream of crises before his tragic end.
Incomparable Grace compellingly reexamines the dramatic, consequential White House years of a flawed but gifted leader too often defined by the Camelot myth that came after his untimely death.

Soon after November 22,1963, the Library of Congress began to receive requests for a bibliography of the late President Kennedy. It was decided that the Library ought to respond to them and in this booklet they have listed all the books and pamphlets by or about John F.Kennedy that they could identify. A total of 557 items is listed in this bibliography.
A special thanks to Diane who gave me this rare booklet.

Geoffrey Perret's Jack is both the first comprehensive one-volume biography of JFK and the first account of his life based on the extensive and important documentary record that has finally become available, including Kennedy's personal diaries, hundred of hours of taped conversations from the White House, recently declassified government documents, extensive family correspondance, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly 40 yrs.

Before he became the thirty-fifth President of the United States, John F.Kennedy was a boy called Jack.
Drawing on family letters, anecdotes, recollections, and biography, Ilene Cooper has written a riveting account of John F.Kennedy's early years from birth to prep school graduation, all set against the colorful background of the Kennedy family and their wildly successful pursuit of the American dream.

Tough much has been published abouty the life and death of John "Jack" Kennedy, little is known about his enduring friendship with Kirk LeMoyne Billings, known by almost everyone as Lem. From the time they met at Choate School for Boys in 1933 until the gunfire in Dallas thirty years later, Jack and Lem remained best friends.
The evidence indicates Jack found out that Lem was gay not long after they met. Despite his own heterosexuality, however, Jack didn't reject Lem. On the contrary, the friendship flourished.

"What was he like?". Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question.
With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his.
We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president.
We witness his bravery in war and selfness rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war.
The Jack Kennedy you discover here wanted never to be alone, never to be bored. He loved courage, hated war, lived each day as if it were his last.

AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT of KENNEDY'S LIFE and ENDURING LEGACY.
From JFK's chilhood years as part of the competitive Kennedy clan to his illustrious thousand days in the White House, "Jack Kennedy: the Illustrated Life of a President" follows the complete story of America's historic serviceman, father and President. More than twenty removable pieces of ephemera - such as diary he kept while abroad, a handwritten draft of his Inaugural Address, and doodles from a meeting abou the Bay of Pigs - are enclosed in vellum envelopes throughout the book.
Illustrated with unique and compelling photographs and accompanied by a CD with excerpts from the president's most influencial speeches and interviews, this book is an unprecedented historical tribute to the man who changed the face of the nation.

Brief biography (34 pages) prepared by Amazon for the 100th Anniversary of John F.Kennedy's birth:
May 29, 1917 - May 29th, 2017

This is the first book written after the assassination with the biography of President Kennedy telling the whole story - from his immigrant Boston ancestors through his three years in the world's most demanding political office to his tragic death and its dramatic consequences.

The public outpouring of support for newly elected President John F. Kennedy in 1960 was only exceeded in scope and magnitude by the manifestations of grief and mourning after his assassination in 1963. These responses had an unusually strong visual component: likenesses of the president were framed in shop windows, pinned to living room walls, and plastered in public spaces across the nation. Fifty years after Kennedy's death, this book observes the public's reaction to the president's election and assassination, featuring many photographs published here for the first time. In his travels throughout America during this period, Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) encountered these responses and photographed what he witnessed. From Washington, D.C., to Buffalo to Minneapolis to Los Angeles, Friedlander has captured a moment in American history that galvanized the nation and continues to resonate today.

Published in commemoration of the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth, here is the definitive compendium of JFK’s most important and brilliant speeches, accompanied by commentary and reflections by leading American and international figures—including Senator Elizabeth Warren, David McCullough, Kofi Annan, and the Dalai Lama—and edited by JFK’s nephew Stephen Kennedy Smith and renowned historian Douglas Brinkley. Combined with over seven hundred documentary photos, it tells the story, in words and pictures, of JFK’s life and presidency, and depicts his compelling vision for America.

"JFK-A Vision for America" brings together in one volume John F. Kennedy’s greatest speeches alongside essays by America’s top historians, analysis from leading political thinkers, and personal insights from preeminent writers and artists. Here is JFK at his best—thought-provoking, inspiring, eloquent, and wise—on a number of wide-ranging topics, including civil rights, the race to the moon, the environment, immigration, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and much more. JFK demonstrates the deep relevance of his words today and his lasting power and influence as an outstanding American leader and orator.

"JFK: Reckless Youth" is the first volume of a monumental new biography of John F.Kennedy - a book that will astonish, entertain, and inform all those interested in the life of America's thirty-fifth president.

"JFK: Remembering Jack" is a visual and audio portrait commemorating one of America's most beloved leaders. More than 80 photographs, many of which have been rarely-if-ever-published , give a moving and intimate behind-the-scenes look at the life and times of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the man and the politician. This extraordinary volume includes an hour-long audio CD featuring some of Kennedy's greatest speeches.

On both sides of the Atlantic, John F Kennedy continues to be invoked by today's politicians in the hope that some of his magic might rub off on them. But, 50 years since Kennedy's election, Andrew Marr asks whether JFK's legacy has tarnished politics ever since.
Andrew examines in detail exactly what Kennedy stood for, and how the candidate got that message across. He goes in search of the substance that has long been obscured by the fascination with the Kennedy style.
He also examines how Kennedy embodied the hopes of a nation, and asks whether modern politics demands inspirational leaders rather than politicians bogged down in the details. Kennedy's soaring rhetoric set a high standard that people today yearn for politicians to reach.
THANKS to my friend Trevor Babbs, who sent me this video for my Kennedy Collection.

The theme that personality and circumstance dominate political life- that government consists primarily of "not measures, but men"- is the setting for Tom Wicker's compelling account of the presidencies of two of the last century's most astute politicians : JFK and LBJ.

An exam-focused study of the three main issues about JFK & LBJ, designed specifically for today's AS and A-level students. The three issues, which come up time and time again in the exams, are :
- Who was more effective in domestic reform?
- Who did more for black civil rights?
- Who was more responsible or US involvement in Vietnam?

In the turbulent times of a young man's high school experience, one must find his way, make himself known to his peers, and most of all, establish himself in the oftentimes hostile world he is trapped in. JFK & the Muckers of Choate takes a look at John F. Kennedy's time in high school at Choate, a preppy, Waspish, all-boys boarding school.
As a Catholic at a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was rampant, JFK finds that his four years in this Connecticut institution are much more jagged, complicated, and high-stakes than he expects. Why? It turns out that the future president actively defied Choate's sometimes authoritarian rulers and, in his own personal rebellion, associated himself with, and led, a number of similarly-minded iconoclasts who wind up as his closest companions, both then and afterward.
JFK's chaotic and adventure-filled high school days, as narrated by JFK himself, not only tell us a great deal about an important, yet largely unchronicled, stop on his rapid journey to the presidency, but, because it's entirely based on real events, offer us a thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating look at a charismatic American icon whom most readers will adore, many for the first time.