If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John

If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History
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"On the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, this is the book to read. An intelligent, often haunting book about what America and the world would have looked like if John Kennedy had lived."--Fareed Zakaria

From one of the countryâ€™s most brilliant political commentators, the bestselling author of Then Everything Changed, an extraordinary, thought-provoking look at Kennedyâ€™s presidencyâ€”after November 22, 1963.

November 22, 1963: JFK does not die. What would happen to his life, his presidency, his country, his world?

In Then Everything Changed, Jeff Greenfield created an â€œutterly compellingâ€ (Joe Klein), â€œrivetingâ€ (The New York Times), â€œeye-openingâ€ (Peggy Noonan), â€œcaptivatingâ€ (Doris Kearns Goodwin) exploration of three modern alternate histories, â€œwith the kind of political insight and imagination only he possessesâ€ (David Gregory). Based on memoirs, histories, oral histories, fresh reporting, and his own knowledge of the players, the book looked at the tiny hinges of historyâ€”and the extraordinary changes that would have resulted if they had gone another way.

Now he presents his most compelling narrative of all about the historical event that has riveted us for fifty years. What if Kennedy were not 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?

As with Then Everything Changed, the answers Greenfield provides and the scenarios he develops are startlingly realistic, rich in detail, shocking in their projections, but always deeply, remarkably plausible. It is a tour de force of American political history.
Country USA
Brand G.P. Putnam's Sons
Manufacturer G.P. Putnam's Sons
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0399166963_Good
ReleaseDate 2013-10-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399166969

Country	USA
Brand	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Manufacturer	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0399166963_Good
ReleaseDate	2013-10-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399166969

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

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