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"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961~~~John F. Kennedy presided over three of the most turbulent years of the Cold War. From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis and a coup in Vietnam, the stakes have rarely been higher. But how did he overcome youth and bigotry against his Catholic faith to reach the White House? Well, it helps when your daddy has money and you have charisma to spare.Bibliography1. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963 – Robert Dallek2. Richard Nixon: The Life – John Farrell3. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream – Doris Kearns Goodwin4. The Years of Lyndon Johnson and the Passage of Power – Robert Caro5. Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency – Mark K Updegrove6. Eisenhower in War and Peace – Jean Edward SmithSupport the Show.
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38.A) Gerald Ford in the Maelstrom, an interview with Brooke Clement
38.) Gerald Ford 1974-1977
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37.B) The campaigns of Richard Nixon, an interview with John Farrell
37.A) Nixon's Domestic Agenda, an interview with Luke Nichter
37.) Richard Nixon 1969-1974
16.F.) How Lincoln changed American immigration, an interview with Harold Holzer
36.B) LBJ's Great Society, an interview with Mark Updegrove
36.A) LBJ & Vietnam, an interview with Mark Lawrence
36.) Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969