Becoming JFK: A Profile in Communication

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Part I The Early Years: Discovering His Public Voice, 1945-1952 1
• Chapter I Beginning the Political Journey: Being Worthy of Your Times 3
• Chapter 2 The First Campaign: Stumping the Neighborhoods 17
• Chapter 3 The Habit of Discussion and Debate: On the Way to Becoming a Senator 29
• Chapter 4 The Independent Voice of John F. Kennedy 39
• Part II The Senator from Massachusetts Speaks, 1953-1960 49
• Chapter 5 Young Man in a Hurry: John F. Kennedy as Senator, 1953-1960 51
• Chapter 6 Three Key Speeches from Kennedy's Senatorial Career: Vietnam, Algeria, Harvard Commencement Address 71
• Part III Campaigning for the Presidency, 1956-1960 89
• Chapter 7 Nationalizing a New England Accent: Beginning the Presidential Campaign, 1956-1960 99
• Chapter 9 The Presidential Campaign, Part I: Squaring off on the Religion Issue 115
• Chapter 10 The Presidential Campaign, Part II: The First Televised Debates 129

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Part I The Early Years: Discovering His Public Voice, 1945-1952 1
• Chapter I Beginning the Political Journey: Being Worthy of Your Times 3
• Chapter 2 The First Campaign: Stumping the Neighborhoods 17
• Chapter 3 The Habit of Discussion and Debate: On the Way to Becoming a Senator 29
• Chapter 4 The Independent Voice of John F. Kennedy 39
• Part II The Senator from Massachusetts Speaks, 1953-1960 49
• Chapter 5 Young Man in a Hurry: John F. Kennedy as Senator, 1953-1960 51
• Chapter 6 Three Key Speeches from Kennedy's Senatorial Career: Vietnam, Algeria, Harvard Commencement Address 71
• Part III Campaigning for the Presidency, 1956-1960 89
• Chapter 7 Nationalizing a New England Accent: Beginning the Presidential Campaign, 1956-1960 99
• Chapter 9 The Presidential Campaign, Part I: Squaring off on the Religion Issue 115
• Chapter 10 The Presidential Campaign, Part II: The First Televised Debates 129
• Chapter 11 Election Outcome: TV, Religion, and African-American Influences 145
• Part IV The President Communicates, 1961-1963 155
• Chapter 12 The Inaugural Address 159
• Chapter 13 1961: A Year of Crisis, Steadfastness, and Innovation 181
• Chapter 14 Drama and Dialogue About Nuclear Suicide: The Cuban Missile Crisis 197
• Chapter 15 Words of Peace Change the Cold War Dialogue to Win a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 215
• Chapter 16 Reaffirmation and Revitalization: Kennedy's Summer Tour of Europe, 1963 229
• Chapter 17 Kennedy and Vietnam: Public and Private Communication 235
• Chapter 18 Civil Rights: Kennedy Initiates the Second Reconstruction 241
• Chapter 19 A Television Presidency 263
• Chapter 20 Epilogue: John F. Kennedy as a Communicator 281
• Notes 287
• Bibliography 311
• Index 315
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