商品簡介
Available for the first time to the general public, the transcripts and recordings of John F. Kennedy's time in office reveal his decision-making process and thoughts on world events, including the Cuban Missile crisis and the Civil Rights movement, giving a rare opportunity to step inside the Oval Office and Cabinet Room. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.) 500,000 first printing.
作者簡介
Forward by Caroline Kennedy, editor of the New York Times bestsellingJacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy,She Walks in Beauty, A Patriot's Handbook, Profiles in Courage for Our Time,The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, A Family of Poems, andA Family Christmas and the coauthor of The Right to Privacy andIn Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action. She serves as president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and lives in New York City.
Annotation by Ted Widmer, Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. He is the author or editor of many works of American history, and a frequent contributor toThe New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, and other publications. He was a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Clinton, and conducted the oral history project that accompanied President Clinton's preparation for his memoir, My Life. He was educated at Harvard University.
