Format:
Video disc
Title:
Reconsidering JFK.
ISBN:
9781644653210
Publication:
[United States] : The Great Courses, [2022]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (101 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
General Note:
Title from container.
Contents:
Disc 1. JFK reconsidered ; 1956: Vice President Kennedy? ; JFK's pivotal choices to win the presidency ; Unearthing JFK's public and private lives ; Kennedy's new approach to the presidency ; 1961: The education of a president
Disc 2. Promising the moon ; Before and during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; Kennedy's new America ; Kennedy's strategy in Vietnam ; The fateful visit to Texas ; The mythos of Camelot.
Summary:
"The John F. Kennedy presidency has an indelible hold on our imaginations. Even more than half a century later, we remain captivated by the charismatic young leader who promised us the moon, who remained steadfast in the face of nuclear catastrophe, who told us to "ask not what your country..."
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