Promises Kept: John F. Kennedy's New Frontier

by Irving Bernstein

Book Overview

A counter-revisionist examination of JFK and his administration, Promises Kept presents a policy history of major domestic legislative efforts between 1961 and 1963. Bernstein focuses on administraive and congressional progress under Kennedy in civil rights, education, taxes, unemployment, Medicare, and the Peace Corps. He persuasively argues that Kennedy was indeed a successful president, showing that many of JFK's campaign promises were well on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195082672
• ISBN13: 9780195082678
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"