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The politics of deception : JFK's secret decisions on Vietnam, civil rights, and Cuba / Patrick J. Sloyan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloyan, Patrick J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- JFK's secret decisions on Vietnam, civil rights, and Cuba
- John F. Kennedy's secret decisions on Vietnam, civil rights, and Cuba
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Revisits the last year of JFK's presidency to reveal a ruthless politician.
- Contents:
- Prologue: JFK
- General LeMay's threat
- ZR/RIFLE
- The crocodile
- Miracles
- Head butts
- Due course
- Whoppers
- A nail in the coffin
- Ratholes
- Hard condition
- The proconsul
- The guy next to the guy
- End run
- Perfidy
- Laurel and Hardy
- Financial inducements
- Debacle
- Luigi
- Second thoughts
- Feast of the dead
- The hit
- Epilogue: Washington.
- Notes:
- "Thomas Dunne book".
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250030597
- 1250030595
- 9781250030603
- 1250030609
- OCLC:
- 900158231
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