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Il y a 1 jour · John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage (HarperCollins, 1956) opened my eyes (or ears, since I listened to the book) about the U.S. Senate, individual lawmakers, historical times, political will, and public sentiment during contentious times that I knew nothing about. Thank you to the friend who recommended it. I knew of the book, but not what ...
Il y a 1 jour · Lisez Profiles in courage. Illustrated en Ebook sur YouScribe - 'Profiles in Courage. Illustrated' by John F. Kennedy is a compelling collection of biographical sketches that celebrates the acts of bravery and integrity of eight U...Livre numérique en Savoirs Histoire
Il y a 4 jours · In addition to numerous other honours he received, Lewis was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in 1975, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2001, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Spingarn Medal in 2002.
Il y a 22 heures · The President characterizes the transformation of Cuba into an important strategic base as an explicit threat to American security, and explains seven components to his proposed course of action: quarantine all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba, increase the degree of surveillance, regard a possible attack launched from Cuba as...
Il y a 3 jours · In an address to a Joint Session of Congress on May 25, 1961 to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs," President Kennedy asked for an additional $7 billion to $9 billion over the next five years for the space program, proclaiming that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a m...
Il y a 3 jours · In his commencement address at American University on June 10, 1963, President Kennedy called on the Soviet Union to work with the United States to achieve a nuclear test ban treaty and help reduce the considerable international tensions and the specter of nuclear war at that time.
Il y a 4 jours · As a political scientist, Schlozman hates questions like this, so he answered me somewhat facetiously: He cited “the old joke of ‘Why is Profiles in Courage such a short book?’ ‘Because we ...
