Two Days in June John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Changed History |
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| Author:
| Cohen, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7710-2387-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart
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| Imprint: | Signal |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Two Days In June is the story of the high noon of the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It chronicles, hour-by-hour, two days in the late spring of 1963 in which JFK pivots, courageously and historically, on the two biggest issues of his generation: nuclear arms and civil rights. Defying his advisors, Kennedy's initiatives will lead to the first nuclear arms treaty of the Cold War and the most comprehensive civil rights act in American history. This is a fly-on-the-wall story of...
More DescriptionTwo Days In June is the story of the high noon of the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It chronicles, hour-by-hour, two days in the late spring of 1963 in which JFK pivots, courageously and historically, on the two biggest issues of his generation: nuclear arms and civil rights. Defying his advisors, Kennedy's initiatives will lead to the first nuclear arms treaty of the Cold War and the most comprehensive civil rights act in American history. This is a fly-on-the-wall story of 48 hours in the life of one of the most celebrated Americans of the 20th century.