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A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Arthur M. Schlesinger

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As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger’s close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which the president “walks through the pages, from first to last, alert, alive, amused and amusing” (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSAND DAYS is “at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance” (New York Times).

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As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger’s close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which the president “walks through the pages, from first to last, alert, alive, amused and amusing” (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSAND DAYS is “at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance” (New York Times).

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Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner: "Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best."--Time

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency--from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.

From JFK's battle with Nixon during the 1960 election, to the seemingly charmed inaugural days, to international conflict and domestic unrest, Schlesinger takes a close and fond, but unsparing, look at Kennedy's tenure in the White House, covering well-known successes, like his involvement in the Civil Rights movement; infamous humiliations, like the Bay of Pigs; and often overlooked struggles, like the Skybolt missile mix-up, alike.

A Thousand Days is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance" (New York Times).

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THE ELECTION OF Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Presidency in 1952 had signaled a change in the prevailing weather of American politics - a return, in effect, to Republican 'normalcy' after twenty years of Democratic activism.

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  • Title A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
  • Author Arthur M. Schlesinger
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 1120
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2002-06-03
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780618219278 / 0618219277
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.8 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 4.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Kennedy, John F, Presidents - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002032296
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 09/11/2009, Page 67

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