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Ask Not - The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America by Thurston Clarke
Category: History
2013 is the 50th Anniversary of JFK's assassination. A narrative of Kennedy's quest to create a speech that would distill American dreams and empower a new generation, Ask Not is a beautifully detailed account of the inauguration and the weeks preceding it. During a time when America was divided, and it ...Show more
Honourable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Their Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War by Thurston Clarke
Category: History
In 1973 U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began a full-scale assault, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By e ...Show more
JFK's Last Hundred Days: An Intimate Portrait of a Great President by Thurston Clarke
Category: History
"Poignant, fascinating, entertaining and informative ...reminds us exactly how much did happen in that time span and of how many tantalising hints he left behind". (Financial Times). "Brilliantly captures Kennedy's entire life through the prism of his final months ...the hero, like the devil, is in the ...Show more
JFK's Last Hundred Days: An Intimate Portrait of a Great President by Thurston Clarke
Category: History
Thurston Clarke's gripping account of the last months of the life of President John F. Kennedy weaves together his public and private life and addresses the most tantalizing mystery of all - not who killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led his country and the world. This ...Show more
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