Tag Archives: John F. Kennedy

Book Write-Up: Keynes Hayek, by Nicholas Wapshott

Posted on July 23, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Nicholas Wapshott.  Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics.  New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2011.  See here to buy the book. John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek were economists who profoundly impacted the twentieth century, and … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents, by David L. Holmes

Posted on April 13, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

David L. Holmes.  The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents: From Truman to Obama.  Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2012.  See here to buy the book. David L. Holmes teaches religious studies at the College of William and Mary.  About … Continue reading →

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Persuasion; National Institution

Posted on June 19, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items on my latest reading of W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist.  Norman Thomas was a six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States. 1.  I wondered in my last post how Thomas proposed to … Continue reading →

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Non-Partisanship, Military Stimulus, and Kennedy’s Religion

Posted on June 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President, Norman Thomas.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Swanberg narrates that Thomas’ newspaper column eventually came to lose … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas on Eisenhower, Guatemala, and Kennedy

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Norman Thomas was concerned about … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 14

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

My latest reading of Richard Nixon’s 1962 book, Six Crises, focused on Nixon’s response to losing the 1960 Presidential election. Nixon tries to be a good loser.  Well, actually, he says that he hates losing, and he also has a … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 13

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

On pages 367-368 of his 1962 book Six Crises, Richard Nixon talks about the religion issue in the 1960 Presidential election, specifically the fears that a number of Americans had that John F. Kennedy, who was a Roman Catholic, would … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 11

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on Richard Nixon’s 1962 book, Six Crises. 1.  On page 300, Nixon responds to the charge that, at the 1952 Republican National Convention, he agreed to deliver the California delegates to Dwight … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 20

Posted on February 12, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll talk about Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba. Fidel Castro replaced Fulgencio Batista as leader of Cuba on January 1, 1959.  Four months later, the … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 19

Posted on February 11, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Ambrose says on page 564: “When Eisenhower returned from his visit to Nixon’s bedside, he told Ann Whitman [who was … Continue reading →

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