Kennedy's kitchen cabinet and the pursuit of peace the shaping of American foreign policy, 1961-1963
John F. Kennedy's advisors were enormously influential in the shaping of American foreign policy at a crucial time. After struggling in his first year as president, Kennedy employed the guidance of a core group including McGeorge Bundy, Robert Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Maxwell Taylor and Theodore Sorensen. This ""kitchen cabinet"" led to strong leadership in confronting serious challenges arising from the Soviet Union, Cuba, Southeast Asia and Berlin
History
1 online resource (251 p.)
9780786454556, 9786612351112, 9781282351110, 0786454555, 661235111X, 1282351117
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Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One. The First One Hundred Days; 1. The Over-Cautious Approach; 2. Germany and Cuba; Part Two. Mission to Vienna; 3. The Art of Diplomacy; 4. "A very sober two days"; Part Three. "Once more unto the breach"; 5. The Vienna Effect; 6. "Perhaps a wall"; Part Four. Brother's Keeper; 7. Jack and Bobby; 8. RFK and the CIA; Part Five. "Dogs of War"; 9. Whiz Kid and War Hero; 10. The Joint Chiefs of Staff; Part Six. Waiting for the Enemy to Blink; 11. Preparing for a Storm; 12. Brinkmanship in the Kennedy White House Part Seven. "No man is an island, entire of itself "13. "A Strategy of Peace"; 14. "Ich bin ein Berliner"; Epilogue; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
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