Post by mullauna on Sept 10, 2018 0:02:14 GMT
Over the years there has been a lot of speculation from scholars and biographers about what John F. Kennedy's second term may have looked like. Unfortunately there is not a lot of concrete evidence that explicitly spells out what Kennedy's plans were for his second term, so it has really been up to researchers to draw their own conclusions.
In his book A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, Arthur Schlesinger (a special assistant to the President) wrote a little bit about Kennedy's plans for a second term. He claimed that “after the election, he could not only complete his present program but move forward to new problems – tax evasion was one, an attack on the structure of government subsidies was another, the rationalization of the city, the promotion of the arts and the protection of the natural environment, others. In foreign affairs he looked forward particularly to the possibility, if the détente held, of a journey to the Soviet Union,”.
Another suggestion would be If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History by Jeff Greenfield. Although much of the content is just Greenfield's own conclusions, he does include sources which would be a good starting point for further research into the topic.
For a more succinct look at the possibilities of Kennedy's second term, I would recommend looking at the article "JFK's Second Term," in The Atlantic.
In his book A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, Arthur Schlesinger (a special assistant to the President) wrote a little bit about Kennedy's plans for a second term. He claimed that “after the election, he could not only complete his present program but move forward to new problems – tax evasion was one, an attack on the structure of government subsidies was another, the rationalization of the city, the promotion of the arts and the protection of the natural environment, others. In foreign affairs he looked forward particularly to the possibility, if the détente held, of a journey to the Soviet Union,”.
Another suggestion would be If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History by Jeff Greenfield. Although much of the content is just Greenfield's own conclusions, he does include sources which would be a good starting point for further research into the topic.
For a more succinct look at the possibilities of Kennedy's second term, I would recommend looking at the article "JFK's Second Term," in The Atlantic.