Marc Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virgina s Miller Center. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945 1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam.

• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Marc J. SelverstonePart I The Biographies 51. Writing Kennedy 7James N. GiglioPart II Politics before the Presidency 312. Kennedy in Congress 33Donald A. Ritchie3. The Election of 1960 51William J. RorabaughPart III Managing the Presidency 754. The First Family 77Barbara A. Perry5. Robert F. Kennedy 96Joseph A. Palermo6. Theodore Sorensen 115Michael Brenes7. The Action Intellectuals 133John Dumbrell8. Congress 152Robert David Johnson9. Civil–Military Relations 172Erin R. Mahan10. The Media 187Aniko BodroghkozyPart IV Hot Spots 20711. Berlin 209Andreas W. Daum12. Cuba 228Alan McPherson13. Laos 248Seth Jacobs14. Vietnam 269Andrew PrestonPart V Global Challenges 28915. Europe 291Andrew Priest16. Latin America 307Jeffrey F. Taffet17. The Middle East 328April R. Summitt18. Africa 347Philip E. Muehlenbeck19. The Sino–Soviet Split 366Noam Kochavi20. The Nonaligned World 384Robert B. Rakove21. Foreign Economic Policy 405Thomas W. Zeiler22. The Peace Corps 422Nicole L. Anslover23. Brushfi re Wars 436Jeff Woods24. Nuclear Issues 458Philip Nash25. The Moon Race 478John M. LogsdonPart VI Domestic Concerns 49726. Kennedy and the Liberal Consensus 499Lily Geismer27. The Status of Women 519MaryAnne Borrelli28. Civil Rights 540Derek C. Catsam29. The Arts 558Donna M. BinkiewiczPart VII Dallas 57130. The Assassination 573John McAdamsIndex 593

Marc Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virgina s Miller Center. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945 1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam.

• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Marc J. SelverstonePart I The Biographies 51. Writing Kennedy 7James N. GiglioPart II Politics before the Presidency 312. Kennedy in Congress 33Donald A. Ritchie3. The Election of 1960 51William J. RorabaughPart III Managing the Presidency 754. The First Family 77Barbara A. Perry5. Robert F. Kennedy 96Joseph A. Palermo6. Theodore Sorensen 115Michael Brenes7. The Action Intellectuals 133John Dumbrell8. Congress 152Robert David Johnson9. Civil–Military Relations 172Erin R. Mahan10. The Media 187Aniko BodroghkozyPart IV Hot Spots 20711. Berlin 209Andreas W. Daum12. Cuba 228Alan McPherson13. Laos 248Seth Jacobs14. Vietnam 269Andrew PrestonPart V Global Challenges 28915. Europe 291Andrew Priest16. Latin America 307Jeffrey F. Taffet17. The Middle East 328April R. Summitt18. Africa 347Philip E. Muehlenbeck19. The Sino–Soviet Split 366Noam Kochavi20. The Nonaligned World 384Robert B. Rakove21. Foreign Economic Policy 405Thomas W. Zeiler22. The Peace Corps 422Nicole L. Anslover23. Brushfi re Wars 436Jeff Woods24. Nuclear Issues 458Philip Nash25. The Moon Race 478John M. LogsdonPart VI Domestic Concerns 49726. Kennedy and the Liberal Consensus 499Lily Geismer27. The Status of Women 519MaryAnne Borrelli28. Civil Rights 540Derek C. Catsam29. The Arts 558Donna M. BinkiewiczPart VII Dallas 57130. The Assassination 573John McAdamsIndex 593

Marc Selverstone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virgina s Miller Center. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945 1950 (2009), which won the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is currently writing The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam.

• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Marc J. SelverstonePart I The Biographies 51. Writing Kennedy 7James N. GiglioPart II Politics before the Presidency 312. Kennedy in Congress 33Donald A. Ritchie3. The Election of 1960 51William J. RorabaughPart III Managing the Presidency 754. The First Family 77Barbara A. Perry5. Robert F. Kennedy 96Joseph A. Palermo6. Theodore Sorensen 115Michael Brenes7. The Action Intellectuals 133John Dumbrell8. Congress 152Robert David Johnson9. Civil–Military Relations 172Erin R. Mahan10. The Media 187Aniko BodroghkozyPart IV Hot Spots 20711. Berlin 209Andreas W. Daum12. Cuba 228Alan McPherson13. Laos 248Seth Jacobs14. Vietnam 269Andrew PrestonPart V Global Challenges 28915. Europe 291Andrew Priest16. Latin America 307Jeffrey F. Taffet17. The Middle East 328April R. Summitt18. Africa 347Philip E. Muehlenbeck19. The Sino–Soviet Split 366Noam Kochavi20. The Nonaligned World 384Robert B. Rakove21. Foreign Economic Policy 405Thomas W. Zeiler22. The Peace Corps 422Nicole L. Anslover23. Brushfi re Wars 436Jeff Woods24. Nuclear Issues 458Philip Nash25. The Moon Race 478John M. LogsdonPart VI Domestic Concerns 49726. Kennedy and the Liberal Consensus 499Lily Geismer27. The Status of Women 519MaryAnne Borrelli28. Civil Rights 540Derek C. Catsam29. The Arts 558Donna M. BinkiewiczPart VII Dallas 57130. The Assassination 573John McAdamsIndex 593