| Description |
1 online resource (424 pages) |
| Contents |
The Authors; Introduction: John F. Kennedy's Quest for Victory and Global Crisis; 1. The Pursuit of Atlantic Community: Nuclear Arms, Dollars, and Berlin; 2. Defending Hegemony: American Foreign Economic Policy; 3. When Push Came to Shove: Canada and the United States; 4. Controlling Revolutions: Latin America, the Alliance for Progress, and Cold War Anti-Communism; 5. Fixation with Cuba: The Bay of Pigs, Missile Crisis, and Covert War Against Fidel Castro; 6. From Even-Handed to Empty-Handed: Seeking Order in the Middle East; 7. Clinging to Containment: China Policy |
| Summary |
The first major reassessment of John F. Kennedy's foreign policy since his death, this volume of original essays compels new thinking about the 1960s. Basing their analysis on extensive research in archival documents and oral histories, twelve accomplished historians explore the primary foreign policy assumptions and objectives of Kennedy and his advisers. The contributors examine the Cold War, global crisis, domestic politics, decision-making, personality and style, and historical lessons in shaping Kennedy's diplomacy. This provocative volume explores such key issues as the Atlantic alliance |
| Analysis |
Kennedy, John F |
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United States - Foreign relations - 1961-1963 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography: p. 384-394 and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140100
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
88022739 |
| ISBN |
9780198021483 |
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0198021488 |
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9781602565883 |
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1602565880 |
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1280439734 |
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9781280439735 |
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1423734653 |
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9781423734659 |
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