John F. Kennedy and a new generation / David Burner.
- Title
- John F. Kennedy and a new generation / David Burner.
- Published by
- New York : Pearson Longman, c2009.
- Author
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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.)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- 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."
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain