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Pragmatic Illusions: The Presidential Politics of John F. Kennedy

Bruce Miroff

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Hardcover, 334 pages

Published January 1st 1976 by David McKay Company

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Aug 30, 2014 Mark Bowles rated it really liked it

A. Introduction:
1. Begins by looking at the “revisionist” writings of the failed presidency in the LBJ and Nixon years. The problems are attributed to personality problems (active-negative), presidential isolation (the president lived like a monarch), and the expansion of power during the war paved the way for executive usurpation. But, revisionist authors are still “in love” with the presidency and that the fall from presidential grace is reversible. The revisionists look at FDR, Truman, and JF ...more

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