{"product_id":"jfk-path-to-the-presidency-1956-1961","title":"JFK: Path to the Presidency, 1956-1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant young presidential candidate revolutionizes American politics in this landmark volume of Pulitzer Prize\u0026amp;ndash;winning historian Fredrik Logevall\u0026amp;rsquo;s JFK trilogy\u0026amp;mdash;a masterful account of Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s rise in the first truly modern campaign and a case study in the consolidation of power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years since his victory, John F. Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s 1960 election win has become the stuff of American legend. The defining elements of this campaign are widely remembered: the first televised debates against Richard Nixon, national anxieties over the Cold War, concerns over the candidate\u0026amp;rsquo;s Catholicism and relative inexperience, and the Kennedy clan joining Jack on the campaign trail. But Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s victory was never assured, nor was he as infallible as the mythical retellings lead us to believe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second installment of his award-winning JFK trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Fredrik Logevall pulls back the curtain, unearthing the vital saga buried beneath one of the most consequential elections in American history\u0026amp;mdash;and the man behind it. Starting with Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s star turn at the 1956 Democratic Convention and ending with his inauguration in 1961, \u003ci\u003eJFK: The Path to the Presidency, 1956-1961\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young politician and his trailblazing strategy that remade what a presidential candidate, and his campaign, could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLogevall reveals Kennedy\u0026amp;rsquo;s incredible drive to start earlier and work harder than his competitors, but also his struggles during this pivotal period: his troubled marriage, questions about how to win over voters as a Catholic, and doubts about his forward-looking message. And with his historian\u0026amp;rsquo;s eye, Logevall places Kennedy in the cultural milieu of America in the late 1950s\u0026amp;mdash;increasingly suburban and interconnected, the struggle for racial equality reaching a watershed moment, Communism now perilously close to home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched yet vibrantly novelistic,\u003ci\u003e JFK\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, behind-the-scenes history of the making of an American legend, and a portrait of a man\u0026amp;mdash;and country\u0026amp;mdash;discovering the importance of meeting challenges head on, without fear or hesitation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":49725491577059,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780593134443","price":262.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780593134443.jpg?v=1789259865","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/jfk-path-to-the-presidency-1956-1961","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}