Bibliograph

Rising star, setting sun, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America, John T. Shaw

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Rising star, setting sun, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America, John T. Shaw

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rising star, setting sun

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John T. Shaw

Sub title

Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America

Summary

After winning the presidency by a razor-thin victory on November 8, 1960, over Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower's former vice president, John F. Kennedy became the thirty-fifth president of the United States. But beneath the stately veneers of both Ike and JFK, there was a complex and consequential rivalry. In Rising Star, Setting Sun, John T. Shaw focuses on the intense ten-week transition between JFK's electoral victory and his inauguration on January 20, 1961. In just over two months, America would transition into a new age, and nowhere was it more marked that in the generational and personal difference between these two men and their dueling visions for the country they led. The former general espoused frugality, prudence, and stewardship. The young political wunderkid embodied dramatic themes and sweeping social change. Extensively researched and eloquently written, Shaw paints a vivid picture of what Time called a "turning point in the twentieth century" as Americans today find themselves poised on the cusp of another watershed moment in our nation's history

Target audience

adult

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