Editor's Introduction: Many thousands of books—more than 40,000 by most estimates—and countless articles have appeared over the past 60 years about the short life and interrupted presidency of John F. Kennedy, the youngest man ever elected as U.S. president. During his presidency he had to contend with two of the most severe Cold War crises—the Berlin crisis of 1961 and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, both of which came perilously close to provoking war between the Soviet Union and the United States—and he also significantly escalated U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and tried unsuccessfully to overthrow Fidel Castro's Communist regime in Cuba. Kennedy had an ambitious domestic agenda, but, except for an important tax cut, he accomplished almost none of his domestic priorities, unlike his successor, Lyndon Johnson, who accomplished a great deal, especially on civil rights. Nonetheless, when polling organizations ask the public about their assessments of U.S....
The Making of a Cold War President
James G. Hershberg is a professor of history at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
David Greenberg is a professor of history at Rutgers University.
Barbara A. Perry is Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs.
Luther Spoehr is senior lecturer emeritus in education and history at Brown University.
Fredrik Logevall is Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a professor of history in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
James G. Hershberg is a professor of history at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
David Greenberg is a professor of history at Rutgers University.
Barbara A. Perry is Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs.
Luther Spoehr is senior lecturer emeritus in education and history at Brown University.
Fredrik Logevall is Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a professor of history in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
James G. Hershberg, David Greenberg, Barbara A. Perry, Luther Spoehr, Fredrik Logevall; The Making of a Cold War President. Journal of Cold War Studies 2023; 25 (3): 188–209. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_c_01146
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