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Chargement... The Memories--JFK, 1961-1963, of Cecil Stoughton, the President's Photographer, and Major General Chester V. Clifton, the President's Military Aidepar Cecil Stoughton, Chester V. Clifton (Auteur)
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) bcrowl399 | Aug 12, 2020 |  In Robert Caro's magisterial book The Passage to Power in which he describes the assassination and LBJ's transition to the precedency, he talks in depth about how the fact that Kennedy's was the first assassination we could follow on television, coupled with the youth and attractiveness of the Kennedy's, changed - almost immediately - the assessment of who Kennedy was and what he had accomplished. LBJ's magnificent handling of the transition (no matter what mistakes he may have made later) were never adequately appreciated, so ignored was it (and he) in the face of the bombardment of warm images of the Kennedys that preoccupied Americans at the end of 1963. And of course, LBJ was resented in any event because he - big, awkward, and unattractive, was alive; while Kennedy - young, handsome, and charming, was not. Certainly the Kennedys felt that way, and made sure that their view was reflected by the historians, reporters, photographers and others to whom they gave access to their records. This book is an excellent demonstration of the campaign by surviving Kennedys to manage the memory of JFK and of "Camelot." ( ) nbmars | Jan 30, 2014 | antiqueart | Dec 4, 2013 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy's friend and military aide, General Chester V. (Ted) Clifton, assigned Captain Cecil Stoughton of the Army Signal Corps to the full-time job of keeping a photographic record of President Kennedy's days in the White House. Captain Stoughton had extraordinary opportunities to photograph JFK as president, as father, as husband, in moments of crisis and tension, of joy and relaxation, of stern responsibility--and of love.Hugh Sidey, the Time-Life correspondent, himself a friend and close observer of the Kennedys, writes:"It remains a curiosity of these times how many people were touched in a special way by John F. Kennedy. The young people reserve a special joy for him, something they salvaged in a way we barely understand when they were seared by his death while they were still younger. Those of us who lived in the Kennedy years find the memories come back stronger than ever with even the slightest encouragement. The unusual human dimensions of the man propelled him through politics and gave his presidency its flavor and lasting meaning."This book is not a deliberate assessment of his stewardship. It is a collection of memories, a compendium of emotion captured on film in Kennedy's thousand days. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)973.922History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton Administrations J.F. KennedyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (2.63)
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