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The Kennedy Persuasion. Politics of Style Since JFK.
Paul R. Henggeler
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Hardback. Henggeler analyzes the way Democrats and Republicans have invoked the Kennedy mythology, adopted the Kennedy strategy, even tried to summon up the Kennedy appearance to accommodate persistent longing for the return to Camelot on the part of Congress, the media, and the American public. Annotation c Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
"The Texas School Book Depository, once a warehouse for books, today houses our imagination," Paul Henggeler writes. Today many Americans share a nostalgia for the Kennedy years and their imagined hope and promise; in polls they reaffirm a yearning for the optimism and confidence associated with JFK’s brief presidency. American political leaders, keenly aware of the "mystique" and its effects on the electorate, have energetically laid claim to the Kennedy mantle. Mr. Henggeler traces this phenomenon in an engaging and original piece of history. Using fresh archival sources, he describes how Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, have invoked the ... Read more
"The Texas School Book Depository, once a warehouse for books, today houses our imagination," Paul Henggeler writes. Today many Americans share a nostalgia for the Kennedy years and their imagined hope and promise; in polls they reaffirm a yearning for the optimism and confidence associated with JFK’s brief presidency. American political leaders, keenly aware of the "mystique" and its effects on the electorate, have energetically laid claim to the Kennedy mantle. Mr. Henggeler traces this phenomenon in an engaging and original piece of history. Using fresh archival sources, he describes how Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, have invoked the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566630788
SKU
V9781566630788
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About Paul R. Henggeler
Paul R. Henggeler taught American history at the University of Texas, Pan American. His first book, In His Steps: Lyndon Johnson and the Kennedy Mystique, won high praise from historians and critics.
Reviews for The Kennedy Persuasion. Politics of Style Since JFK.
This well-rendered treatise draws history onto important ground tracking the influence of a single, powerful symbol in an age when political power came to reside increasingly in media spectacle.
Kirkus
Astute...meticulously researched...offers important insights on the power of myth in presidential politics.
Amos Kiewe
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Kirkus
Astute...meticulously researched...offers important insights on the power of myth in presidential politics.
Amos Kiewe
Presidential Studies Quarterly