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The Influence Of Europe On The Young Jfk, Nigel Hamilton
The Influence Of Europe On The Young Jfk, Nigel Hamilton
New England Journal of Public Policy
I think that of all twentieth-century American presidents, John F. Kennedy is considered — by Europeans at least — to be the most Eurocentric in his sympathies and political orientation. In the days ahead we shall be reexamining the history of the Kennedy administration in relation to Europe, but before we do, I think it might help to know the true genesis of JFK's personal attitudes towards Europe, so that we may better understand his eventual role in the history of the early 1960s: culminating in the Cuban Missile Crisis and his anti-Communist speech in Berlin in June 1963, as …
Good-Bye To All That: The Rise And Demise Of Irish America, Shaun O'Connell
Good-Bye To All That: The Rise And Demise Of Irish America, Shaun O'Connell
New England Journal of Public Policy
The works discussed in this article include: The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley 1874-1958, by Jack Beatty; JFK: Reckless Youth, by Nigel Hamilton; Textures of Irish America, by Lawrence J. McCaffrey; and Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, by James M. O'Toole.