Uncovering the Kennedy Legacy

Download or read book Uncovering the Kennedy Legacy written by Joseph a Bagnall and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 29, 2017, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's birth. It will not be a huge occasion, because the media focuses on the day of the assassination, feeding into a collective mind set that is receptive to the sensational facets of his life and death. The media profits when they define JFK as the central figure in a murder mystery-or as the royal figure of Camelot-or when thy exploit him in terms of his private life. While media-spawned images do have some validity in defining John F. Kennedy, they have added little to the meaning of his presidency. UNCOVERING THE KENNEDY LEGACY brings forth the lost chronicles and the hidden history of the brief Kennedy presidency. It illuminates his survival perspective, casting light on themes that are too deep for the shallow tides of conservatism, and too courageous for the timid and the tentative. President Kennedy emerges from the pages of this new book as a major spokesman for our new century. Civilization will not survive if we ignore the Kennedy survival perspective and the wide pantheon of scientists, historians, and statesmen who shared his views. As we approach the Kennedy centenary, it is preeminently the time to uncover the Kennedy legacy.