To Move The World: JFK's Quest for Peace - Softcover

Sachs, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847922759 ISBN 13: 9781847922755

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2013

Synopsis

To Move The World Tells the story of JFK, the Cold War, and the power of oratory to change the course of history. This title recalls the days from October 1962 to September 1963, when JFK marshaled the power of oratory and his astonishing political skills towards that end. Full description

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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: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847922759
• ISBN 13: 9781847922755
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272