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Next on the next on the presidency, presidency. Andrew cohen andrew looks at two days in jfks cohen looks at two days in jfks presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and 11th, 11th, 1963, that defined 1963. It defined his response to the his response Nuclear Arms Race to the nuclear arms and civil rights. Rice and civil rights. Mr. Cohen is mr. Cohen is author of two days authors in june. John author of two days in f. Kennedy and the june, 48 hours that jfk and the made history. 48 hours that made the white house history. The White House Historical association Historical Association provided this video. Provided this video. And you, tell us about andrew, tell us about your book which your book. Focuses it focuses on on two days in the two days in the Kennedy Kennedy presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and june 11th, june 11th 1963. 1963. Why why did you did you decide to decide to write a book write a book focused focused on only two days of the on only two days of
I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for sometime. Artists maybe to believe, but one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, one as an eight year old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or any of my generation to remember where here she was, but it did seem to me like to change something. It develop for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final frontier. And i was interest in jfk and the new frontier. Through my career as a journalist, as a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent for away as well for way into the kennedy. Story of course colin there, were a monumental biographies. There were heavy memoirs, there were academic studies, there were scarcely a part of jfks legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. But i wanted to see if theres an i wasnt sure if there is nothing new to say. When i
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