| JFK: Selected Speeches of President John F. Kennedy Contributor(s): Kennedy, John F. (Author), Flank, Lenny, Jr. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1934941778 ISBN-13: 9781934941775 Publisher: Red and Black Publishers OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 352.238 |
| LCCN: 2010000666 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6" W x 9" (0.61 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the short 1000 days of his Presidency, John F Kennedy accomplished more than most Presidents did in two full terms. He founded the Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress, launched the American space program and introduced the Civil Rights Act, led the nation through the greatest threat ever to its existence -- the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and then signed the first nuclear disarmament agreement, the Test Ban Treaty, with the USSR. Kennedy was also a masterful and engaging speaker. This is an anthology of his most prominent speeches, including his Inaugural Address ("Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"), his speech setting the goal of "before the end of this decade, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth", his speech in Berlin ("Ich bein ein Berliner"), and the text of the speech he was to deliver in Dallas on November 22, 1963. |