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To move the world : JFK's quest for peace
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To move the world : JFK's quest for peace / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
ISBN
9780812994926 (acid-free paper)
0812994922 (acid-free paper)
9780812994933 (ebook)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Random House, [2013]
Physical Description
xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary
"An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy's presidency--the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office--by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty"--B & N.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
Contents
The quest for peace
To the brink
Prelude to peace
The rhetoric of peace
The peace speech
The campaign for peace
Confirming the treaty
The historic meaning of Kennedy's peace initiative
Let us take our stand
American University commencement address, June 10, 1963
Speech to the Irish Dáil, June 28, 1963
Address to the nation on the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, July 26, 1963
Speech to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, September 20, 1963.
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