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  • 1
    UID:
    almafu_BV023471837
    Format: XI, 304 S.
    ISBN: 978-0-674-03179-1
    Content: This text explains the Cold War mindset that determined global policy for much of the 20th century. It also reveals how the search to define a foreign threat can shape the ways in which that threat is actually met.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Subjects: History
    RVK:
    Keywords: Außenpolitik ; Außenpolitik ; Ost-West-Konflikt ; Ost-West-Konflikt ; Feindbild ; Kommunismus ; Historische Darstellung
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Chicester, West Sussex, UK :John Wiley & Sons Ltd,
    UID:
    almafu_9959328201702883
    Format: 1 online resource
    ISBN: 9781118608869 , 1118608860 , 9781118608807 , 1118608801 , 9781118608760 , 1118608763 , 1306532132 , 9781306532136 , 1444350366 , 9781444350364
    Content: President John F. Kennedy remains a seminal yet enigmatic figure in American politics. This collection offers an overview of Kennedy's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates that surround his time in office.
    Content: The essays explore Kennedy's life before the presidency, his campaign for the White House, his dealings with Congress, the significance of his family and key advisers, and his relationship with the media and the military. Further studies examine his handling of hot spots in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam, his management of related regional and global challenges, domestic concerns such as civil rights and the status of women, and the contentious debates that surround the tragedy in Dallas.
    Content: A Companion to John E Kennedy brings together leading experts from around the world, offering new insights and a balanced reappraisal of JFK and his administration, and stands as the definitive guide to the evolution and current status of Kennedy scholarship.
    Content: Marc J. Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, USA. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam (forthcoming). --Book Jacket.
    Note: I. The biographies -- Writing Kennedy / James Giglio -- II. Politics before the presidency -- Kennedy in Congress / Donald Ritchie -- The election of 1960 / William Rorabaugh -- III. Managing the presidency -- First family / Barbara Perry -- Robert F. Kennedy / Joseph Palermo -- Theodore Sorensen / Michael Brenes -- Action intellectuals / John Dumbrell -- Congress / K.C. Johnson -- Civil-military relations / Erin Mahan -- Media / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- IV. Hot spots -- Berlin / Andreas Daum -- Cuba / Alan McPherson -- Laos / Seth Jacobs -- Vietnam / Andrew Preston -- V. Global challenges -- Europe / Andrew Priest -- Latin America / Jeffrey Taffet -- Middle East / April Summit -- Africa / Philip Muehlenbeck -- Sino-Soviet split / Noam Kochavi -- Non-aligned world / Robert Rakove -- Foreign economic policy / Tom Zeiler -- Peace Corps / Nicole Anslover -- Brushfire wars / Jeff Woods -- Nuclear issues / Philip Nash -- Space / John Logsdon -- VI. Domestic concerns -- Kennedy liberalism / Lily Geismer -- Women's issues / MaryAnne Borrelli -- Civil rights / Derek Catsam -- Arts / Donna Binkiewicz -- VII. Dallas -- The assassination / John McAdams.
    Additional Edition: Print version: Companion to John F. Kennedy. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 ISBN 9781444350364
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.
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  • 3
    Book
    Book
    Cambridge ; London :Harvard University Press,
    UID:
    almahu_BV047901938
    Format: 325 Seiten.
    ISBN: 978-0-674-04881-2
    Content: "In October 1963, President Kennedy proposed withdrawing from Vietnam, gaining him a durable reputation as a skeptic on the war. However, drawing on secret White House tapes, Marc Selverstone reveals that JFK never had a firm intention to withdraw. The real value of the proposal lay in obtaining political cover for his open-ended Vietnam policy"--
    Content: A major revision of our understanding of JFK's commitment to Vietnam, revealing that his administration's plan to withdraw was a political device, the effect of which was to manage public opinion while preserving US military assistance.In October 1963, the White House publicly proposed the removal of US troops from Vietnam, earning President Kennedy an enduring reputation as a skeptic on the war. In fact, Kennedy was ambivalent about withdrawal and was largely detached from its planning. Drawing on secret presidential tapes, Marc J. Selverstone reveals that the withdrawal statement gave Kennedy political cover, allowing him to sustain support for US military assistance. Its details were the handiwork of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, whose ownership of the plan distanced it from the president.Selverstone's use of the presidential tapes, alongside declassified documents, memoirs, and oral histories, lifts the veil on this legend of Camelot. Withdrawal planning was never just about Vietnam as it evolved over the course of fifteen months. For McNamara, it injected greater discipline into the US assistance program. For others, it was a form of leverage over South Vietnam. For the military, it was largely an unwelcome exercise. And for JFK, it allowed him to preserve the US commitment while ostensibly limiting it.The Kennedy Withdrawal offers an inside look at presidential decisionmaking in this liminal period of the Vietnam War and makes clear that portrayals of Kennedy as a dove are overdrawn. His proposed withdrawal was in fact a cagey strategy for keeping the United States involved in the fight-a strategy the country adopted decades later in Afghanistan
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Subjects: History
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    Keywords: Außenpolitik ; Vietnamkrieg ; 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. ; 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F.
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  • 4
    Book
    Book
    Malden [u.a.] :Wiley-Blackwell,
    UID:
    almahu_BV041479506
    Format: XIII, 626 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 978-1-4443-5036-4
    Series Statement: Wiley Blackwell companions to history
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - I. The biographies -- Writing Kennedy / James Giglio -- II. Politics before the presidency -- Kennedy in Congress / Donald Ritchie -- The election of 1960 / William Rorabaugh -- III. Managing the presidency -- First family / Barbara Perry -- Robert F. Kennedy / Joseph Palermo -- Theodore Sorensen / Michael Brenes -- Action intellectuals / John Dumbrell -- Congress / K.C. Johnson -- Civil-military relations / Erin Mahan -- Media / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- IV. Hot spots -- Berlin / Andreas Daum -- Cuba / Alan McPherson -- Laos / Seth Jacobs -- Vietnam / Andrew Preston -- V. Global challenges -- Europe / Andrew Priest -- Latin America / Jeffrey Taffet -- Middle East / April Summit -- Africa / Philip Muehlenbeck -- Sino-Soviet split / Noam Kochavi -- Non-aligned world / Robert Rakove -- Foreign economic policy / Tom Zeiler -- Peace Corps / Nicole Anslover -- Brushfire wars / Jeff Woods -- Nuclear issues / Philip Nash -- Space / John Logsdon -- VI. Domestic concerns -- Kennedy liberalism / Lily Geismer -- Women's issues / MaryAnne Borrelli -- Civil rights / Derek Catsam -- Arts / Donna Binkiewicz -- VII. Dallas -- The assassination / John McAdams
    Language: English
    Subjects: History
    RVK:
    Keywords: 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammlung von Beiträgen ; Biographischer Beitrag ; Aufsatzsammlung
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  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom :John Wiley & Sons,
    UID:
    almahu_9948319648102882
    Format: 1 online resource (642 pages).
    ISBN: 9781118608807 (e-book)
    Series Statement: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
    Additional Edition: Print version: Companion to John F. Kennedy. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, c2014 ISBN 9781444350364
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
    UID:
    gbv_1696614163
    Format: 1 online resource (642 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781118608807
    Series Statement: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser
    Content: A Companion to John F. Kennedy presents a comprehensive collection of historiographical essays addressing the life and administration of the nationâs 35th president. Features original contributions from leading Kennedy scholars Reassesses Kennedy, his administration, and the era of the New Frontier Reconsiders relevant Kennedy scholarship and points to new avenues of research Considers the major crises faced by Kennedy, along with domestic issues including womenâs issues and civil rights.
    Content: Cover -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: The Biographies -- Chapter One: Writing Kennedy -- Part II: Politics before the Presidency -- Chapter Two: Kennedy in Congress -- In the House -- In the Senate -- The South and Civil Rights -- Foreign Policy and the Missile Gap -- Labor Racketeering and Reform -- The Media -- Congress and the President -- Chapter Three: The Election of 1960 -- Background -- Rivals -- Kennedy's Youth and Health -- Experience -- Catholicism -- Winning Delegates -- Organization, Money, and Television -- Primaries -- The Democratic National Convention -- Nixon and the Republicans -- The South -- The Religious Issue -- The Great Debates -- The Late Campaign -- Victory -- Further Reading -- Part III: Managing the Presidency -- Chapter Four: The First Family -- Such a Large Family -- Jackie -- Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. -- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy -- Eunice Kennedy and R. Sargent Shriver Jr. -- Edward M. Kennedy -- Chapter Five: Robert F. Kennedy -- Introduction -- Brothers -- Political Partnership -- Bahía de Cochinos -- Oxford Town -- "We Have Some Big Trouble. I Want You Over Here" -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six: Theodore Sorensen -- The Senate Years, 1953-61 -- Sorensen in the Kennedy White House -- Sorensen after Kennedy -- Sorensen, Kennedy, and the "New Political History" -- Chapter Seven: The Action Intellectuals -- Kennedy and the Professors -- Defense Intellectuals and Foreign Policy Principals -- Walt Rostow and Modernization Theory -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eight: Congress -- Institutional and Procedural Matters -- Civil Rights -- Domestic Policy -- International Affairs -- Foreign Aid -- Vietnam -- Israel -- Cuba -- Other Studies -- Chapter Nine: Civil-Military Relations -- Introduction -- Historiography.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781118608760
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781118608760
    Language: English
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  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Charlottesville, Virginia :University of Virginia Press,
    UID:
    almafu_9960177871702883
    Format: 1 online resource (240 pages)
    ISBN: 0-8139-3664-0
    Series Statement: Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
    Content: "This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of the 'Plumbers' (the Special Investigations Unit) and Nixon's policy of illegal break-ins for partisan political gain, which led to Watergate, its cover-up, and Nixon's resignation. The e-book links to extended transcripts and audio files of the presidential recordings"--Provided by publisher.
    Note: Chasing shadows -- The Chennault affair -- Johnson v. Humphrey -- Nixon v. Nixon -- On the case -- "Hold on" -- Election eve -- "I let you down" -- "Time to blow the whistle" -- The united front -- "Candid and forthright" -- The man who knew too little -- "All the documents" -- The Huston plan -- Nixon tapes -- Tricia's wedding -- The Pentagon papers -- The secret bombing of Cambodia -- Leaks -- The wrong men -- Charge Gelb -- LBJ cracks the case -- Ellsberg's decision -- Fear of a damaging disclosure -- Legal action -- The Diem chapter -- "Destroy the times" -- Illegal action -- "A natural enemy" -- Lord high executioner -- Supreme Court rules -- Documents -- These Harvards -- "Rumors and reports of a conspiracy" -- Imitation of the enemy -- Special Investigations Unit -- "All these Harvard people" -- The economic conspiracy theory -- "Are they all Jews?" -- "They're all over" -- "Somebody sits on high" -- Counting Ivy Leaguers -- Counting Jews -- Above the law -- "Pretty much carte blanche" -- "One little operation" -- The CIA bluff -- The smoking gun -- "I don't kiss and tell" -- Dean testifies -- The X envelope -- The White House tapes.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8139-3663-2
    Language: English
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