The letters of John F. Kennedy - John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy led the United States for barely a thousand days, and
yet he is regarded as one of the great Presidents of all time for his brave
decisions on civil rights and international relations, and not merely as a
consequence of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered his nation away from the brink of
nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty and launched his nation on
its mission to the moon and beyond. JFK inspired a nation, particularly the
massive generation of baby boomers, injecting hope and revitalising faith in the American dream at a time when it was badly needed.
2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Kennedy's untimely death. Martin
Sandler's The Letters of John F. Kennedy will be the only book that focuses on
letters both from and to Kennedy. Drawn from more than two million letters on file at
the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The Letters of John F. Kennedy
presents readers with a portrait of both Kennedy the politician and Kennedy the
man, as well as the turbulent times he lived in. The beginnings of American
involvement in Vietnam, a touch-and-go Cold War relationship with the Soviet bloc
and many other international controversies are intertwined with Kennedy's own
hushed-up health problems, his renowned controversial personal life and his
charismatic engagement with the world of presidential politics.
Letters to and from Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Nikita
Khruschev, Bertrand Russell, David Bengurian and many others are included, as well as
missives from ordinary citizens and schoolchildren. Each letter is accompanied by
lively and informative contextualization and facsimiles of many of the letters will
appear in the text, along with photographs and exclusive material from the
Kennedy Library and Museum.