John F. Kennedy

by Alan Brinkley

Book Overview

The young president who brought vigor and glamour to the White House while he confronted cold war crises abroad and calls for social change at home

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a new kind of president. He redefined how Americans came to see the nation's chief executive. He was forty-three when he was inaugurated in 1961--the youngest man ever elected to the office--and he personified what he called the "New Frontier" as the United...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805083499
• ISBN13: 9780805083491
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"