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JFK

Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

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JFK

Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president. “An utterly incandescent study of one of the most consequential figures of the twentieth century.”—Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE • NAMED BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR BY The Times (London) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Sunday Times (London), New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, Kirkus Reviews By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation that he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had become among Boston’s wealthiest, Kennedy knew political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized figures in American history. And while hagiographic portrayals of his dazzling charisma, reports of his extramarital affairs, and disagreements over his political legacy have come and gone in the decades since his untimely death, these accounts all fail to capture the full person. Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Fredrik Logevall has spent much of the last decade searching for the “real” JFK. The result of this prodigious effort is a sweeping two-volume biography that properly contextualizes Kennedy amidst the roiling American Century. This volume spans the first thirty-nine years of JFK’s life—from birth through his decision to run for president—to reveal his early relationships, his formative experiences during World War II, his ideas, his writings, his political aspirations. In examining these pre–White House years, Logevall shows us a more serious, independently minded Kennedy than we’ve previously known, whose distinct international sensibility would prepare him to enter national politics at a critical moment in modern U.S. history. Along the way, Logevall tells the parallel story of America’s midcentury rise. As Kennedy comes of age, we see the charged debate between isolationists and interventionists in the years before Pearl Harbor; the tumult of the Second World War, through which the United States emerged as a global colossus; the outbreak and spread of the Cold War; the domestic politics of anti-Communism and the attendant scourge of McCarthyism; the growth of television’s influence on politics; and more. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 is a sweeping history of the United States in the middle decades of the twentieth century, as well as the clearest portrait we have of this enigmatic American icon.

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0812987020

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Embers of War

The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

By: Fredrik Logevall

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Embers of War

The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

By: Fredrik Logevall

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France’s final years in Indochina—and shows how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history. An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another. Eye-opening and compulsively readable, Embers of War is a gripping, heralded work that illuminates the hidden history of the French and American experiences in Vietnam. ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • Finalist for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Christian Science Monitor • The Globe and Mail “A balanced, deeply researched history of how, as French colonial rule faltered, a succession of American leaders moved step by step down a road toward full-blown war.”—Pulitzer Prize citation “This extraordinary work of modern history combines powerful narrative thrust, deep scholarly authority, and quiet interpretive confidence.”—Francis Parkman Prize citation “A monumental history . . . a widely researched and eloquently written account of how the U.S. came to be involved in Vietnam . . . certainly the most comprehensive review of this period to date.”—The Wall Street Journal “Superb . . . a product of formidable international research.”—The Washington Post “Lucid and vivid . . . [a] definitive history.”—San Francisco Chronicle “An essential work for those seeking to understand the worst foreign-policy adventure in American history . . . Even though readers know how the story ends—as with The Iliad—they will be as riveted by the tale as if they were hearing it for the first time.”—The Christian Science Monitor

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0375756477

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The Origins of the Vietnam War

By: Fredrik Logevall

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The Origins of the Vietnam War

By: Fredrik Logevall

Why did the US make a commitment to an independent South Vietnam? Could a major war have been averted? Fredrik Logevall provides a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full-scale war in 1965, and places events against their full international background.

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Routledge

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1317882555

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Choosing War

The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam

By: Fredrik Logevall

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Choosing War

The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam

By: Fredrik Logevall

This text examines the great unanswered question on the Vietnam War: could the tragedy have been averted? It challenges prevailing myth that the outbreak of large-scale fighting in 1965 was unavoidable and argues that the war was unnecessary.

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Univ of California Press

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0520229193

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JFK

Volume 1: John F Kennedy: 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

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JFK

Volume 1: John F Kennedy: 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

The most compelling biography I have read in years . . . There has been a host of JFK biographies, but this one excels for its narrative drive, fine judgments and meticulous research . . . makes the story seem a cliffhanger even though we know what is coming' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'In his utterly absorbingJFK, Fred Logevall reconstructs not only a great man, but also his entire age' Brendan Simms, author of Hitler: A Global Biography The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president. ________________ By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had become among Boston's wealthiest, Kennedy knew political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized figures in modern history. Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Harvard professor Fredrik Logevall has spent much of the last decade combing through material unseen or unused by previous biographers, searching for and piecing together the 'real' John F. Kennedy -- resulting in a masterpiece that reviews have agreed will be the definitive work. This first volume of this sweeping two-part biography spans the first thirty-nine years of his life, revealing his early relationships, his formative and heroic experiences during World War II, and his deeply fascinating romance with Jackie Kennedy. In examining these pre-White House years, Logevall chronicles Kennedy's extraordinary life and times with authority and novelistic sensibility, putting the reader in every room where it happened. This landmark work offers the clearest portrait we have of a remarkable figure who still inspires individuals around the world. ________________ 'A riveting study of young JFK. Logevall has written a superb book.' David Runciman, Guardian 'A brisk, authoritative, and candid biography, and a wonderfully compelling history of America's heady and troubled mid-century rise' Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States '[Fredrik Logevall] makes JFK as alive and compelling as if you were reading about him for the first time' George Packer, author of The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America 'A powerful, provocative, and above all compelling book' Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The Soul of America 'In this first volume of Fredrik Logevall's definitive biography, JFK is all too engagingly and amiably human . . . I hope Logevall's second volume will follow soon' Peter Conrad, Observer

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Penguin UK

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0241972027

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9780241972021

America’s Cold War

The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

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America’s Cold War

The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

“A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union.” —Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy “Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic pressures as external threats. America’s Cold War is history at its provocative best.” —Mark Atwood Lawrence, author of The Vietnam War The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. America prevailed, but only after fifty years of grim international struggle, costly wars in Korea and Vietnam, trillions of dollars in military spending, and decades of nuclear showdowns. Was all of that necessary? In this new edition of their landmark history, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall engage with recent scholarship on the late Cold War, including the Reagan and Bush administrations and the collapse of the Soviet regime, and expand their discussion of the nuclear revolution and origins of the Vietnam War. Yet they maintain their original argument: that America’s response to a very real Soviet threat gave rise to a military and political system in Washington that is addicted to insecurity and the endless pursuit of enemies to destroy. America’s Cold War speaks vividly to debates about forever wars and threat inflation at the center of American politics today.

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Belknap Press

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0674244931

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AmericaÕs Cold War

The Politics of Insecurity

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

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AmericaÕs Cold War

The Politics of Insecurity

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

In a brilliant new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of AmericaÕs Cold War. The United States dealt effectively with the threats of Soviet predominance in Europe and of nuclear war in the early years of the conflict. But by engineering this policy, American leaders successfully paved the way for domestic actors and institutions with a vested interest in the struggleÕs continuation. Long after the USSR had been effectively contained, Washington continued to wage a virulent Cold War that entailed a massive arms buildup, wars in Korea and Vietnam, the support of repressive regimes and counterinsurgencies, and a pronounced militarization of American political culture.

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Harvard University Press

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0674064062

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

By: Jane Kamensky,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

By: Jane Kamensky,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

A PEOPLE AND A NATION, 11th Edition, offers a lively narrative that tells the stories of the diverse peoples in the United States. The authors are prize-winning historians and experienced teachers who know how to explain historical change--whether race and gender, economics and public policy, family life, popular culture or international relations and warfare--in ways that students understand. The first textbook to focus on U.S. social history, the book also supports more specialized lectures through its attention to international history and the place of the U.S. in the world, politics and policy, social movements and economic issues. Available in the following split options: A PEOPLE AND A NATION, 11th Edition (Chapters 1-29), ISBN: 9781133312727; Volume I: To 1877 (Chapters 1-14), ISBN: 9781285430829; Volume II: Since 1865 (Chapters 14-29), ISBN: 9781285430836. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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Cengage Learning

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1337402710

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America’s Cold War

The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

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The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition

By: Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall

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The Origins of the Vietnam War

By: Fredrik Logevall

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The Origins of the Vietnam War

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff

A People and a Nation offers a spirited narrative that challenges students to think about American history. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging student readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. The Eighth Edition offers highly readable stories and the latest scholarship throughout. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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0618951962

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Volume I: To 1877

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Volume I: To 1877

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

A PEOPLE AND A NATION is a best-selling text offering a spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. Available in the following split options: A PEOPLE AND A NATION, Ninth Edition (Chapters 1-33), ISBN: 978-0-495-91525-6; Volume I: To 1877 (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 978-0-495-91589-8; Volume II: Since 1865 (Chapters 16-33), ISBN: 978-0-495-91590-4. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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0495915890

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, Volume I

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, Volume I

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION offers a succinct and spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors’ attention to race and racial identity, and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. Available in the following split options: A PEOPLE AND A NATION, BRIEF Ninth Edition (Chapters 1-33), ISBN: 978-0-495-91619-2; Volume I: TO 1877 (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 978-0-495-91622-2; Volume II: SINCE 1865 (Chapters 16-33), ISBN: 978-0-495-91623-9. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation

A History of the United States to 1877

By: Norton,Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation

A History of the United States to 1877

By: Norton,Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

The Brief Edition of A People and a Nation preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all American people. Known for a number of strengths, including its well-respected author team and engaging narrative, the book emphasizes social history, giving particular attention to race and racial identity. Through its thoughtful inclusion of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture, A People and a Nation brings history to life.Like its full-length counterpart, the Brief Seventh Edition challenges students to think about the implications of events in American history. Several popular features have been retained and updated, including "Legacies for a People and a Nation" and chapter-opening vignettes. A new "Links to the World" feature connects U.S. history to global events and provides Web links for further research on topics such as international piracy, baseball in Japan, OPEC, and AIDS.

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Houghton Mifflin College Division

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0618611517

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, Volume II: Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, Volume II: Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,Carol Sheriff,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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0495916234

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A People & A Nation: A History of the United States: Volume 2: Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

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A People & A Nation: A History of the United States: Volume 2: Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard Chudacoff,Fredrik Logevall

This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people. The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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