Charismatic and committed, John F. Kennedy remains one of the most revered, and most disliked, of US Presidents. Dedicated to changing 'the look' of the American Presidency, Kennedy was also pledged to changing the nature of US foreign policy-making. Victory in the Cold War was possible, he said, and the greatest challenge to that victory was in the Asian/Pacific region. Success there would signal the end of the communist versus capitalist confrontation. America 'can do it', he vowed. This book describes the Kennedy administration's desperate efforts to achieve the impossible dream: an American Cold War victory throughout Asia and the Pacific.

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Asian Division, University of Maryland, USA

Timothy P. Maga

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Book Title: John F. Kennedy and the New Pacific Community, 1961–63
Authors: Timothy P. Maga
Series Title: New Waves in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20660-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52491-6Published: 09 April 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-20662-9Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20660-5Published: 01 January 2011
Series ISSN: 2947-6720
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6739
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 143
Topics: History of the Americas, International Relations, Modern History

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Finding the “Right Key:” Kennedy and the New Pacific Community

Rust Removal: the New Frontier in Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Friend or Foe? Australia and Destiny

New Frontier v. Guided Democracy: Kennedy, Sukarno, and Indonesia

“Holding the Beachhead” in the Philippines and Japan

Assumption and “Special Considerations:” the Ryukyus

Conclusions

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