To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace - Hardcover

Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812994922 ISBN 13: 9780812994926

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2013

Synopsis

To Move the World 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" The last great campaign of John F. Kennedy's life was not the battle for reelection he did not live to wage, but the struggle for a sustainable peace with the Soviet Union. "To Move the World" recalls the extraordinary days from October 1962 to September 1963, when JFK marshaled the power of oratory and his remarkable political skills to establish more peaceful relations with the Soviet Un...

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"This book is more than merely an exegesis of the major speeches of the last year of the Kennedy presidency. Rather, it presents Kennedy's approach to achieving peace as a model for leaders of today. . . . The book is rife with lessons for the current administration, given its virtual deadlock with Congress on issues including, but not limited to, gun legislation, the United Nations Treaty on Disabilities, [and] immigration reform. . . . We cannot know how many more steps might have been taken under Kennedy's leadership, but "To Move the World" urges us to continue on the journey."--"Chicago Tribune""In this careful study, Sachs zeroes in on four key speeches Kennedy delivered in the months prior to his assassination. . . . JFK, together with gifted speechwriter Ted Sorensen--his 'intellectual alter ego'--set out a strategy for nations to live in 'mutual tolerance, ' with ramifications that extend into the twenty-first century. . . . While sound bites of the Kennedy-Sorensen collaboration echo in modern classrooms--'Ask not what your country can do for you'--the messages in these four speeches seem all too pertinent today."--"Publishers Weekly""After years trying to work out how underperforming economies can reach their full potential, [Jeffrey D. Sachs] has taken time out to offer an act of homage to his childhood hero--John F. Kennedy. And he has singled out one of JFK's speeches for particular praise. . . . The true masterpiece, he believes, was a speech delivered to the American University in Washington DC in June 1963 and generally referred to as the Peace Speech. Sachs has come up with an argument making the case that the Peace Speech deserves wider recognition. . . . Why then does Sachs see the Peace Speech as so important? As he convincingly argues, it is all about context. Before the speech, he says, both sides had unrelentingly used Cold War rhetoric. In the last year of his life, emboldened by his success in defusing the Cuban missile cris

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0812994922
• ISBN 13: 9780812994926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249