If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History

By Jeff Greenfield

Book Overview

What if Kennedy had not been killed that fateful day? What would the 1964 campaign have looked like? Would changes have been made to the ticket? How would Kennedy, in his second term, have approached Vietnam, civil rights, the Cold War? With Hoover as an enemy, would his indiscreet private life finally have become public? Would his health issues have become so severe as to literally cripple his presidency? And what small turns of fate in the days and years before Dallas might have kept him from ever reaching the White House in the first place? The answers Greenfield provides and the scenarios he develops are startlingly realistic, rich in detail, shocking in their projections, but always deeply, remarkably plausible. If Kennedy Lived is a tour de force of American history from one of the country's most brilliant and illuminating political commentators. 'It can be an enlightening exercise to challenge the belief that what happened had to happen. Usually it didn't. In his diverting If Kennedy Lived , Greenfield, the veteran political commentator, asks how things might have played out had John F. Kennedy survived in Dallas.' The New York Times Book Review 'This is the book to read.' Fareed Zakaria 'Due to his extensive research and interviews with experts in Kennedy's life, Greenfield brings authenticity to the book, and provides a fascinating spin on what might have been.' The Associated Press

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451471326
• ISBN13: 9780451471321
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher