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Author:

Shaw, John, 1957- author.

Title:

Rising star, setting sun : Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America / John T. Shaw.

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969.
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Presidents--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.

Summary:

After winning the presidency by a razor-thin victory on November 8, 1960 over Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower's former vice president, John F. Kennedy became the thirty-fifth president of the United States. But beneath the stately veneers of both Ike and JFK, there was a complex and consequential rivalry. In Rising Star, Setting Sun, John T. Shaw focuses on the intense ten-week transition between JFK's electoral victory and his inauguration on January 20, 1961. In just over two months, America would transition into a new age, and nowhere was it more marked that in the generational and personal difference between these two men and their dueling visions for the country they led. The former general espoused frugality, prudence, and stewardship. The young political wünderkid embodied dramatic themes and sweeping social change.

ISBN:

1681777320
9781681777320

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031415086

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)