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Also by Thurston Clarke:

Ask Not, January 2011
Paperback
The Last Campaign, June 2008
Hardcover

ASK NOT
By: Thurston Clarke

The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America

Penguin
January 2011
On Sale: December 28, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 0143118978
EAN: 9780143118978
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

2011 is the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration.

A narrative of Kennedy's quest to create a speech that would distill American dreams and empower a new generation, Ask Not is a beautifully detailed account of the inauguration and the weeks preceding it. During a time when America was divided, and its citizens torn by fears of war, John F. Kennedy took office and sought to do more than just reassure the American people. His speech marked the start of a brief, optimistic era. Thurston Clarke's portrait of JFK is balanced, revealing the president at his most dazzlingly charismatic and cunningly pragmatic.

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On Point - January 19, 2011