Books
151 - 200 |
The Kennedy Tapes |
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May Ernest R. & Zelikow Philip D.
1997 |
Inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct.62 : the United States and the Soviet Union stood face
to face, each brandishing enough nuclear weapons to obliterate the other's
civilizations. For two weeks an executive committee, formed around
elements of President Kennedy's National Security Council, debated what to
do, twice coming to the brink of attacking Soviet military units in Cuba.
Through it all, audio tape was rolling. These are the full, authenticated,
transcripts of those recordings. |
The
Kennedy-Khrushchev Letters |
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Fensch Thomas
(editor)
2001 |
In the early 1960s, Nikita Khrushchev initiated a correspondence with John
Kennedy in an effort to bridge gaps between the two leaders and between
U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A.
The two leaders exchanged letters from 1960 until John Kennedy's
assassination in 1963; these letters were kept Top Secret until almost the
year 2000.
This volume contains 120 letters between John Kennedy and Nikita
Khrushchev and they should be an invaluable aid toward understanding the
years of the Kennedy administration and the Khrushchev regime.
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The Kennedys and
Cuba |
 |
White Mark J.
1999 |
The Declassified Documentary History.
In this intriguing assemblage of documents, drawn from the State
Department, the Kennedy Libray, private papers, and the Assassination
Records Review Board, and including newly released materials, Mark White
traces the attitude and actions of the Kennedys in their fateful dealings
with Castro and Cuba. |
The Making of a Catholic President
[Kennedy vs Nixon 1960] |
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Casey Shaun A.
2009 |
The 1960 Presidential election, ultimately won by John F.Kennedy, was one
of the closest and most contentious in American history. The country had
never elected a Roman Catholic president, and the last time a Catholic had
been nominated - New York Governor Al Smith in 1928 - he was routed in the
general election. From the outset, Kennedy saw the religion issue as the
single most important obstacle on his road to the White House. In this
book, Shaun Casey tells the fascinating story of how the Kennedy campaign
transformed the "religion question" from a liability into an asset, making
him the first (and still only) Catholic president. |
The Making of the
President 1960 |
 |
White Theodore H..
1961 |
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. |
The Memories -
JFK 1961-1963 |
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Stoughton Cecil & Clifton
Chester V.
1973 |
In 1961 President John Kennedy's friend and Military Aide, General Chester
V.(Ted) Clifton assigned Captain Cecil Stoughton of the Army Signal Corps
to the full-time job of keeping a photographic record of President
Kennedy's days in the White House. Captain Stoughton had extraordinary
opportunities to photograph, to remember JFK as President, as father, as
husband, as a great human being in moments of crisis and tension, of joy
and relaxation. |
The Pleasure of his
company |
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Fay Paul B. Jr
1966 |
Paul B.Fay Jr and John Kennedy served together as PT Boat officers both in
training and action. After the war the two men were associated as friends
and campaigners. In 1961 Red Fay was appointed Under Secretary of the Navy
and served until 1965.
In this book, Fay delivers just what the title promises : the marvelous
fun of being with JFK in his least formal, most unguarded moments. |
The Presidential
Portfolio - JFK |
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Kenney Charles
2000 |
This book features more than 250 photos and documents from the JFK
Presidential Library and Museum that capture the essence, style, and
excitement of the Kennedy presidency.
It includes an extraordinary 60-minute audio CD of JFK on the phone and at
work. |
The President's team
(The 1963 Army-Navy game
and the assassination of JFK) |
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Connelly Michael
2009 |
The Naval Academy football team of 1963 was branded a "team of destiny" by
its coach, Wayne Hardin. With Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach at
quarterback and a talented group of athletes on both side of the ball, the
Midshipmen indeed seemed destined for greatness that season. After winning
8 of their first 9 games, the Midshipmen were scheduled to head to
Philadelphia in late November for the annual Army-Navy game, the highlight
of any season for both service academies.
Although as Commander in chief of all the armed services President Kennedy
was expected to be impartial in the contests between the military
academies, it was clear where the former PT109 Lieutenant placed his
allegiances.
Kennedy's firsthand relationship with Midshipmen footballers dated back to
1960, when as president-elect he met with Heisman winner Joe Bellino and
the other stars of the fourth-ranked Midshipmen. Six weeks later, Bellino
and 3,500 other members of the Naval Academy Brigade led the march in
President Kennedy's inauguration parade.
Over the next several years, the president remained a keen follower of the
strong navy team.
Then, the tragic events of November 22,1963 readjusted the priorities of
every American citizen. The assassination of a beloved president left the
nation shocked and saddened. The 44 men of the Navy football team, both as
athletes and as men dedicated to serving their country, took the
news particularly hard but decided to dedicate the rest of their season to
the fallen president. |
The remarkable
Kennedys |
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McCarthy Joe
1960 |
This book was written in 1960, before the election of JFK to President, by
Joe McCarthy, a former war correspondent and a top reporter and writer of
non-fiction. It is the story of John Kennedy - his early life in a
close-knit, ambitious family, his initiation into a political career he
never wanted, and his rapid- some say too rapid- rise to national fame. |
The search for
Kennedy's PT109 |
 |
National Geographic
DVD
|
In this DVD you can embark on a search for
the truth about one of the most legendary war stories of the 20th century!
Set sail with Dr Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, as he attempts
to locate John Kennedy's sunken torpedo boat, PT109.
Through re-creations, archival footage, eye-witness accounts, and memories
of Kennedy family members, you will relive Kennedy's heroic efforts to
save his crew after their collision with a Japanese destroyer. And, amid
the suspense of Ballard's voyage, you will discover how the harrowing
adventure of a young Navy lieutenant helped transform JFK into the future
leader of his country. |
The speeches of John
F.Kennedy |
 |
CD-Rom
Mp3 collection
|
Great tribute to the oratorical mastery of
the "New Frontier" President, with 46 MP3 audio speeches, commencing from
the beginning of JFK's Presidential Campaign to his tragic assassination,
plus 96 speech transcripts archive, spanning JFK's career from campaign to
Presidency, and 42 image photo gallery, featuring JFK, his family and the
White House. |
The speeches of
Senator J.F.Kennedy
- Presidential Campaign 1960 |
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Kennedy John Fitzgerald
1961
|
The Speeches, Remarks, Press Conferences and
Statements of Senator John F.Kennedy in the Presidential Campaign 1960.
August 1 Through November 7,1960 |
The Strategy of
Peace |
 |
Kennedy John Fitzgerald
1960
|
"The statements contained in this volume
represent my own attempt to make plain to myself and to others my thoughts
on the leading questions of foreign policy that have borne down so hard on
all of us" (J.F.Kennedy).
As set forth in the months and years just preceding his election,
President Kennedy's plans for the nation's future, including his historic
12-point foreign policy program. |
The Torch is
passed... |
 |
The Kansas City Star
1964
|
The Associated Press Story of the death of a
President. A Chronicle of 4 Days in November 1963. |
The wicked wit of
John F. Kennedy |
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Koning Christina
2003 |
Brought up in a large and
wealth family which is now considered "the closest thing America has to an
aristocracy", President John F. Kennedy's life and career were in every way
golden. Equally golden was his tongue, for aside from the great speeches
that helped to define him as a world leader, he possessed a ready wit
honed both at home and in politics.
Using sayings and quips reported by those who knew him, as well as
quotations of his own, this book presents hundreds of example of JFK's
legendary wit. |
Thirteen Days |
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Robert F.Kennedy
1968 |
During the thirteen days
in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over
its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the
behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert
F.Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants
during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention
to the actions and views of his brother, President John F.Kennedy. |
Thirteen Days |
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DVD Roger Donaldson
|
Thirteen Days is
a 2000 American historical political thriller film directed by Roger
Donaldson. It dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the
perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars as top
White House assistant Kenneth P. O'Donnell, with Bruce Greenwood featured
as President John F. Kennedy, Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy, and Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
While the film carries the same title as the 1969 book Thirteen Days by
former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, it is in fact based on the 1997
book, The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile
Crisis, by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow. |
To Turn the Tide |
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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
(edited by John W.Gardner)
1962 |
A selection from President
Kennedy's public statements from his election through the 1961 adjournment
of congress, setting forth the goals of his first legislative year. |
TV First
Presidential Debate "Kennedy and Nixon" - 1960 |
 |
DVD 
|
Video of the first round of 1960 TV Presidential debates between
John F. Kennery (JFK) and Richard M. Nixon. |
Two Days in
June
[John F.Kennedy and the 48 hours that made history] |
 |
Andrew Cohen
2016
|
On two
consecutive days in June 1963, in two lyrical speeches, John F. Kennedy
pivots dramatically and boldly on the two greatest issues of his time:
nuclear arms and civil rights. In language unheard in lily white, Cold War
America, he appeals to Americans to see both the Russians and the
"Negroes" as human beings. His speech on June 10 leads to the Limited
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963; his speech on June 11 to the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
Based on new material—hours of recently uncovered documentary film shot in
the White House and the Justice Department, fresh interviews, and a
rediscovered draft speech—Two Days in June captures Kennedy at the high
noon of his presidency in startling, granular detail which biographer
Sally Bedell Smith calls "a seamless and riveting narrative, beautifully
written, weaving together the consequential and the quotidian, with verve
and authority." Moment by moment, JFK's feverish forty-eight hours
unspools in cinematic clarity as he addresses "peace and freedom." In the
tick-tock of the American presidency, we see Kennedy facing down George
Wallace over the integration of the University of Alabama, talking
obsessively about sex and politics at a dinner party in Georgetown,
recoiling at a newspaper photograph of a burning monk in Saigon, planning
a secret diplomatic mission to Indonesia, and reeling from the midnight
murder of Medgar Evers. |
Un eroe per il
nostro tempo |
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Ralph G. Martin
1985
|
Ralph
G. Martin's detailed biography, packed with previously undisclosed
information, offers a deeply human version of what is considered the
quintessential American saga: the story of a man who ignited hope in the
hearts of millions. |
Visit to Ireland
- 26th-29th June, 1963 |
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Wood Printing Works Ltd
1963
|
A
memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, with over twenty full colour
reproductions, is a complete historical record of his visit to Ireland.
All the highlights of his visit, the happy and intimate, as well as the
formal and impressive, are fully described, with a wealth of background
information also included.
Special
thanks to my friend Trevor Babbs, who gave me this book! |
"We'll Never Be
Young Again" |
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Fries Chuck and
Wilson Irv
2003
|
This
book presents a compelling account of JFK's final days. Written with
remarkable detail and intimacy, this combination of history, narrative and
personal stories chronicles the shared experience of shock and grief -
from many different point of view - with vignettes and recollections from
a wide cross-section of the population. |
West Wirginia
Tough Boys
[Vote Buying, Fist
Fighting and A President Namd JFK] |
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Davis F.Keith
2003
|
After
all these years since 1960, several of the political kingpins and civic
leaders from West Virginia's past, including Raymond Chafin, Claude Ellis
and Dan Dahill, candidly reminisce about growing up in poverty stricken
West Virginia, getting started in politics, and eventually working with
the Kennedy family during the presidential primary.
Vote-buying, intimidation and free liquor. It's politics as it will never
be again. It's the tale of "West Virginia Tough Boys". |
What the
President does all day
[Memorial
Edition] |
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Hoopes Roy
1964
|
This
book, first published in 1962 by the John Day Company, explains in 90
photographs and brief text what the President of the United States does
all day.
His day, any day, is filled with the pressure of meeting with his Cabinet,
greeting high officials from foreign lands, preparing important bills for
Congress, travelling at home and abroad, working at his desk, reporting to
the people and sharing a moment of relaxation with his family.
Because this book is a tribute to the office of the Presidency and more
particularly to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, this Memorial Edition of the
complete hardcover book was reprinted by Dell
Publishing Company in memory of the late President. |
Why England Slept |
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Kennedy John F.
1961 |
Written by John F.Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in College and
reprinted in 1961, when he was President, this book is an appraisal of the
tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II.
It is an account of England's unpreparedness for war and a study of the
shortcomings of democracy when confronted by the menace of
totalitarianism.
|
Young John
Kennedy |
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Schoor Gene
1963
|
The reader will find this
biography a fascinating study of the 35th President. Private
conversations, letters, humorous and tragic glimpses of school and home
life, paint a vivid portrait of John F.Kennedy... a young man destined to
make history. |
Young Man in the
White House |
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Levine I.E.
1969
|
Beginning with his
childhood struggle to overcome illness and match te achievements of a
remarkable older brother, the book tells of his heroism as a World War II
PT-Boat skipper and describes his personal growth as an individual. It
gives a graphic account of his determined effort to inject a new spirit of
idealism into the American people and to preserve the peace of the world. |
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