Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House (66 page)

President Kennedy and the Joint Chiefs. Conflict more than collaboration marked their exchanges over Cuba, Berlin, Vietnam, and nuclear weapons.

President Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle during their Paris meeting. It improved Kennedy’s international standing after the Bay of Pigs debacle.

President Kennedy, Jackie, and the Khrushchevs at the Vienna summit, which Kennedy described as the worst experience of his life.

President Kennedy, Jackie, Lyndon Johnson, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. watching Alan Shepard’s return from space—a prelude to Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

President Kennedy and the Executive Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous moment in the Cold War.

President Kennedy with Averell Harriman, who negotiated a nuclear test ban agreement with Khrushchev in July 1963.

President Kennedy and advisers discussing nuclear arms control, a Kennedy priority, in November 1961.

The Vietnamese leaders Ngo Dinh Diem, Ngo Dinh Nhu, and Madame Nhu. Their resistance to reforms persuaded Kennedy to oust them in November 1963.

President Johnson, Bobby Kennedy, and Jackie leaving the White House for Kennedy’s funeral two days after he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

About the Author

R
OBERT
D
ALLEK
is the author of
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963
and
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
, among other books. His writing has appeared in
The New York Times
,
The Washington Post
,
The Atlantic
, and
Vanity Fair
. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president in 2004–2005. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963

Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973

Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents

Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908–1960

Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism

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Credits

Cover design by Amanda Kain

Cover photograph © Arnold Newman Collection / Getty Images

All photos courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Copyright

CAMELOT’S COURT.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dallek, Robert.

Camelot’s court : inside the Kennedy White House / Robert Dallek.—First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-06-206584-1

1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963. 2. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Friends and associates. 3. United States—Politics and government—1961–1963. 4. Cabinet officers—United States—History—20th century. 5. Political consultants—United States—History—20th century. 6. Political leadership—United States—History—20th century. I. Title.

E842.D269 2013

973.922092—dc23

2013012864

EPUB Edition OCTOBER 2013 ISBN 9780062065865

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