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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American attorney, journalist, and magazine publisher. He was a son of John F. Kennedy , the 35th president of the United States, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and a younger brother of U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy .
Analysis. The first line of the poem, "I heard a fly buzz– when I died–" is intended to garner the attention of the reader. [4] Readers are said to be drawn to continue the poem, curious as to how the speaker is talking about her own death. [4] The narrator then reflects on the moments prior to the very moment she died. [1]
A Stillness at Appomattox. A Stillness at Appomattox (1953) is a non-fiction history book written by Bruce Catton. [1] It recounts the American Civil War 's final year, [1] describing the campaigns of Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia during 1864 to the end of the war in 1865. It is the final volume of Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy, having ...
Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.; December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist.He is best known for his signature song "Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues, described by the critic Bill Dahl as "one of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s".
Flexible response was a defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to address the Kennedy administration's skepticism of Dwight Eisenhower 's New Look and its policy of massive retaliation. Flexible response calls for mutual deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capability to ...
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House is a nonfiction book by American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., about the United States presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961–1963). As a special assistant to the president, he was able to observe the people and events that shaped the Kennedy administration.
The Report to the American People on Civil Rights was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by United States President John F. Kennedy from the Oval Office on June 11, 1963, in which he proposed legislation that would later become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Expressing civil rights as a moral issue, Kennedy moved past ...
The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam (2003) Kaufman, Burton I. "John F. Kennedy as world leader: A perspective on the literature." Diplomatic History 17.3 (1993): 447-470. Kempe, Frederick. Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth (2011). Kunz, Diane B.