Title: Rising star, setting sun
Description: After winning the presidency by a razor-thin victory on November 8, 1960 over Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower's former vice president, John F. Kennedy became the thirty-fifth president of the United States. But beneath the stately veneers of both Ike and JFK, there was a complex and consequential rivalry. In Rising Star, Setting Sun, John T. Shaw focuses on the intense ten-week transition between JFK's electoral victory and his inauguration on January 20, 1961. In just over two months, America would transition into a new age, and nowhere was it more marked that in the generational and personal difference between these two men and their dueling visions for the country they led. The former general espoused frugality, prudence, and stewardship. The young political wünderkid embodied dramatic themes and sweeping social change.
Subjects: Politics and government, Presidents, Biography, Kennedy, john f. (john fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Eisenhower, dwight d. (dwight david), 1890-1969, United states, politics and government, 1953-1961, Presidents, united states, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY, 20th Century
Places: United States
People: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Time periods: 1953-1961