Description In his thousand-day presidency, John F.
Elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1995, he was appointed by Prime Minister Tony Blair as Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign in 1997..
He has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the Cold War, as well as commentating regularly on contemporary security issues.
About the Author Lawrence Freedman has been Professor of War Studies at King\'s College, London since 1982.
The book follows Kennedy as he wrestles with the succession of major conflicts--taking advice, weighing the risks of inadvertently escalating the Cold War into outright military confrontation, exploring diplomatic options, and forming strategic judgments that would eventually prevent a major war during his presidency.
He gives each conflict individual attention, showing how foreign policy decisions came to be defined for each new crisis in the light of those that had gone before.
Tracing the evolution of traditional liberalism into the Cold War liberalism of Kennedy\'s cabinet, Freedman evaluates their responses to the tensions in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.
He recreates insightfully the political and intellectual milieu of the foreign policy establishment during Kennedy\'s era with vivid profiles of his top advisors--Robert Mc Namara, Dean Rusk, Robert Kennedy--and influential figures such as Dean Acheson and Walt Rostow.
In Kennedy\'s Wars, noted historian Lawrence Freedman draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy\'s approach to war and his efforts for peace. solidarity without leading the western world into a nuclear catastrophe.
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With the Cold War at its height and the threat of communist advances in Europe and the Third World, Kennedy had the unenviable task of maintaining U.
Kennedy led America through one of its most difficult and potentially explosive eras.
Description In his thousand-day presidency, John F
