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JFK, Conservative
by Stoll, Ira
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0547585985
- ISBN 13
- 9780547585987
- Seller
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Ashland, Ohio
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013-10-15. Hardcover. Acceptable. dust jacket is missing, Clean Pages & Tight Binding! Good Reading Copy!
Synopsis
A startling reconsideration of John F. Kennedy’s record and achievements John F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired LBJ to push for landmark civil rights laws. His “New Frontier” promised new spending on education and medical care for the elderly. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. But what if we judge him by the lengthy record of his actual political career, in historical perspective? What if this hero of liberals was, in fact, the opposite of a liberal? As Ira Stoll convincingly argues, by the standards of both his time and our own, John F. Kennedy was a conservative. His two great causes were anticommunism and economic growth. His tax cuts, which spurred one of the greatest economic booms in our history, were fiercely opposed by his more liberal advisers. He fought against unions. He pushed for free trade and a strong dollar. And above all, he pushed for a military buildup and an aggressive anticommunism around the world. Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. Not every Republican is a true heir to Kennedy, but hardly any Democrats deserve that mantle. JFK, Conservative is sure to appeal to conservative readers — and will force liberals to reconsider one of their icons.
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- Bookseller
- Stories & Sequels
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 181110-10
- Title
- JFK, Conservative
- Author
- Stoll, Ira
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0547585985
- ISBN 13
- 9780547585987
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date published
- 2013-10-15
- X weight
- 9 oz
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