To move the world
Subtitle: JFK's quest for peace
By: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780812994926
Subjects: Politics and government; Oratory; Foreign relations; World politics
Description: "An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy's presidency--the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office--by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty"--B & N.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: The quest for peace; title: To the brink; title: Prelude to peace; title: The rhetoric of peace; title: The peace speech; title: The campaign for peace; title: Confirming the treaty; title: The historic meaning of Kennedy's peace initiative; title: Let us take our stand; title: American University commencement address, June 10, 1963; title: Speech to the Irish Dáil, June 28, 1963; title: Address to the nation on the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, July 26, 1963; title: Speech to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, September 20, 1963.