Harold and Jack : the remarkable friendship of prime minister Macmillan and president Kennedy
Sandford, Christopher, 1956-2014
Book
Documents the unlikely friendship between the British Prime Minister and the thirty-fifth President, tracing their collaborative efforts during the Bay of Pigs, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Main title:
Harold and Jack : the remarkable friendship of prime minister Macmillan and president Kennedy / Christopher Sandford.
Author:
Imprint:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.
Collation:
332 page, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-321) and index.
Contents:
Mending fences -- Ancient and modern -- Operation rose -- Special relationships -- "The problems which now confront us...are really terrifying" -- Avoiding the rogue elephant -- To the brink -- Family feud -- The men who saved the world -- Aftermath.
ISBN:
9781616149352 (hardback)
Dewey class:
327.7304109046327.7304
LC class:
E183.8.G7
Language:
English
Subject:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986Presidents -- United States -- BiographyPrime ministers -- Great Britain -- BiographyUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- United StatesUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision makingGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1964 -- Decision making
BRN:
142523
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Society | SOCIETY 327.7304 SAND | Available |