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1) Ask not: the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the speech that changed America

Author

Clarke, Thurston

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

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Clarke reexamines a famous speech-and the week leading up to it.

2) Honorable exit: how a few brave Americans risked all to save our Vietnamese allies at the end of the war

Author

Clarke, Thurston

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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"In 1973, the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a U.S. withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began to attack, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By April 5, the South was on the brink of defeat, spelling execution or years in a concentration camp for the untold number of South Vietnamese who had supported the government...

3) The last campaign: [Robert F. Kennedy and 82 days that inspired America]

Author

Clarke, Thurston

Publisher

HighBridge

Pub. Date

p2008

Language

English

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After John F. Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedyformerly Jack's no-holds-barred political warrioralmost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's seeming inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country's pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over the action-packed eighty-two days of his campaign, Americans...

4) JFK's last hundred days: the transformation of a man and the emergence of a great president

Author

Clarke, Thurston

Publisher

The Penguin Press

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

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Reexamines the last months of the president John F. Kennedy's life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his promise.