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John F. Kennedy and a new generation / David Burner.
- Title
- John F. Kennedy and a new generation / David Burner.
- Author
- Burner, David, 1937-
- Publication
- New York : Pearson Longman, c2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E842 .B79 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 210 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "In the third edition of this compelling biography, David Burner explores the controversies, successes, and failures in the life and presidency of John F. Kennedy - and how he shaped the modern American consciousness. Burner discusses John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) as both an individual and a leader, allowing the reader to examine the changes that took place in the American political and social systems as reflected in the hopeful days of Kennedy's "Camelot.""--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The library of American biography
- Uniform Title
- Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Being a Kennedy -- 2. The rise to stardom, 1945-1960 -- 3. On the hustings -- 4. The Bay of Pigs -- 5. The wall -- 6. At the brink -- 7. Kennedy's fears on Vietnam -- 8. Fires of frustration -- 9. Now we are all Keynesians -- 10. "The torch is passed."
- ISBN
- 9780205603459
- 0205603459
- LCCN
- ^^2008034627
- OCLC
- 213835373
- SCSB-10914094
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library