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About this book
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner: "Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best." —
Time
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency—from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.
From JFK's battle with Nixon during the 1960 election, to the seemingly charmed inaugural days, to international conflict and domestic unrest, Schlesinger takes a close and fond, but unsparing, look at Kennedy's tenure in the White House, covering well-known successes, like his involvement in the Civil Rights movement; infamous humiliations, like the Bay of Pigs; and often overlooked struggles, like the Skybolt missile mix-up, alike.
Praised by the New York Times as "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance," A Thousand Days is not only a fascinating look at an American president, but a towering achievement in historical documentation.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency—from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.
From JFK's battle with Nixon during the 1960 election, to the seemingly charmed inaugural days, to international conflict and domestic unrest, Schlesinger takes a close and fond, but unsparing, look at Kennedy's tenure in the White House, covering well-known successes, like his involvement in the Civil Rights movement; infamous humiliations, like the Bay of Pigs; and often overlooked struggles, like the Skybolt missile mix-up, alike.
Praised by the New York Times as "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance," A Thousand Days is not only a fascinating look at an American president, but a towering achievement in historical documentation.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Foreword to the 2002 Edition
- Foreword
- Prologue: January 1961
- The Road to the Nomination
- Triumph in Los Angeles
- Campaign for the Presidency
- Kennedy on the Eve
- Gathering of the Forces
- Prelude to the New Frontier
- Latin American Journey
- The Alliance for Progress
- The Hour of Euphoria
- The Bay of Pigs
- Ordeal by Fire
- New Departures
- Legacy in Southeast Asia
- Encounter in Europe
- Trial in Berlin
- The Reconstruction of Diplomacy
- Peril in the Skies
- No Truce to Terror
- New Directions in the Third World
- Tangle in Southeast Asia
- Africa: The New Adventure
- The World of Diversity
- The Country Moving Again
- The National Agenda
- In the White House
- Down Pennsylvania Avenue
- The Bully Pulpit
- The Politics of Modernity
- Battle for the Hemisphere
- Again Cuba
- The Great Turning
- The Not So Grand Design
- Two Europes: De Gaulle and Kennedy
- The Pursuit of Peace
- The Travail of Equal Rights
- The Negro Revolution
- Autumn 1963
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes