John F. Kennedy

History, Memory, Legacy:

 An Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Edited by

John Delane Williams and  Robert G. Waite

 

The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
                                        www.und.edu/org/jfkconference

All chapters are Word documents, unless otherwise indicated.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction, Gregory Gordon                                                                                

Part I:  The Presidency

1.    Address at the University of North Dakota, September 25, 1963,  President John F. Kennedy 

 2.  Address by UND President Robert Kelley

 3.  “I Was Chief of Staff for Ideas.”  A Conversation with Ted Sorensen and Gregory Gordon

 4.  President Kennedy:  Profile of Power, Richard Reeves 

Part II:  JFK, Literature and the 1960s

5.  The Long Shadow of the Confessional and Beat Poets,  Heidi Czerwice

6.  “A Revival of Poetry and Song.”  Allen Ginsburg, Rock and Roll and the Return to the Bardic Tradition, Katie Stevenson

7.  Living and Writing on the Edge in Don DeLillo’s Libra, Lucia Cimpean

8.  “I Feel Like a Spring Lamb.”  What Clay Shaw’s Literary Life Reveals, Michael Snyder

Part III:  JFK and the World

9.  Experiencing the Peace Corps:  A Discussion, Robin David, Michael Beard, Cory Enger, Kathleen Gershman, Joe Vacek

10.    “There Are Bigger Issues At Stake.”  The Administration of John F. Kennedy and United States -  Republic of China Relations, 1961-63, Charles Pelligrin

11.  JFK, Berlin, and the Berlin Crises, 1961-1963, Robert G. Waite

12.  JFK and Vietnam.  An Unanswered Legacy in Film and History, Scott A. Racek

13.  JFK’s Legacy Regarding Consular Relations, Cindy G. Buys

14.  “We Choose To Go To The Moon.” JFK and the Race to the Moon,  1960-1963, Richard E. Collin

Part IV:  Civil Rights

15.    The Kennedy Justice Department’s Enforcement of Civil Rights: View from the Trenches, Brian K. Landsberg

16.  Civil Rights Chronology, January 1961 – November 1963, Compiled by Brian K. Landsberg

Part V:  JFK – Media, Image and Legacy

17.  Kennedy’s Loyal Opposition:  National Review and The Development of  A Conservative Alternative, January – August 1961, Laura Jane Gifford

18.  “Primarily a Political Problem.”  Constructing the Image of the Kennedy Presidency, 1961 to the Present, Richard M. Fillipink, Jr.

19.  JFK:  The Exceptional Ideal?  James Boys

20.  Rhetoric in the Campaign Website of Barack Obama, Mary Stromme

Part VI:  The Death of the President

21.  That Day in Dallas, Eleanor Williams

22.  “I Looked Up and I Looked Down.”  JFK, Mrs. D and The Space of Citizenship, Steve Andrews

23.  The Day Kennedy Was Assassinated, David F. Marshall

24.  Three Gunshots at Life? Gary Severson

25.  Lee Harvey Oswald:  North Dakota and Beyond, John Delane Williams and Gary Severson

26.  The Workings of the Assassinations Record Review Board,  John R. Tunnheim

27. Dealey Plaza Revisited: What Happened to JFK? James H. Fetzer (PDF)

       Contributors

© 2009 by John Delane Williams and Robert G. Waite

The copyright for individual chapters is held by the respective authors. If multiple copies of individual chapters are desired, please contact the respective authors. Their e-mail addresses are provided in the Contributor Section.