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Book Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy written by Elizabeth Jo Natalle and published by America and Global Affairs. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy offers a unique rhetorical analysis of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's communication uncovers five forms of soft diplomacy that catapult her to the top of all American first ladies as a model of international influence.

Book Jacqueline Kennedy

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy written by Barbara A. Perry and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for more than a half-century. Even now, long after her death in 1994, she remains a figure of enduring—and endearing—interest. Yet, while innumerable books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding this charismatic figure, Barbara Perry’s is the first to focus largely on Kennedys’ White House years, portraying a First Lady far more complex and enigmatic than previously perceived. Noting how Jackie’s celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry’s engaging and well-crafted story illuminates Kennedy’s immeasurable impact on the institution of the First Lady. Perry vividly illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier’s marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the First Lady’s mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience. By offering the White House as a stage for the arts, Jackie also bolstered the president’s Cold War efforts to portray the United States as the epitome of a free society. From redecorating the White House, to championing Lafayette Square’s preservation, to lending her name to fund-raising for the National Cultural Center, she had a profound impact on the nation’s psyche and cultural life. Meanwhile, her fashionable clothes and glamorous hairdos stood in stark contrast to the dowdiness of her predecessors and the drab appearances of Communist leaders’ spouses. Never before or since have a First Lady (and her husband) sparkled with so much hope and vigor on the stage of American public life. Perry’s deft narrative captures all of that and more, even as it also insightfully depicts Jackie’s struggles to preserve her own identity amid the pressures of an institution she changed forever. Grounded on the author’s painstaking research into previously overlooked or unavailable archives, at the Kennedy Library and elsewhere, as well as interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy’s close associates, Perry’s work expands and enriches our understanding of a remarkable American woman.

Book Jackie

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  • Author : Paul Brandus
  • Publisher : Post Hill Press
  • Release : 2020-08-25
  • ISBN : 1642933465
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Jackie written by Paul Brandus and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world was shocked when Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968. It would not have been so surprising had the truth of their relationship—which dated back to the 1950s—been known. Jackie knew Ari almost as long as she had known John F. Kennedy—and saw qualities in him (besides money) that she found highly attractive. The five years between her marriages to JFK and Onassis are often overlooked. But it was an incredible period of growth and change for Jackie. How did the world’s most famous woman remain so enigmatic? What was she really like? This book reveals the real Jackie, the one that hid behind her trademark large sunglasses. In this book, you’ll learn about: • Jackie’s lovers—and the one man she regretted not marrying • The secret, second burial of JFK • Her evolution from “political wife Jackie” into “nightclubbing, party girl Jackie” • Her own near death in 1967 • Her influence on pop art, fashion, and design

Book Jacqueline Kennedy

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy written by Barbara Ann Perry and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noting how Jackie's celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry's story illuminates Kennedy's immeasurable impact on the institution of the first lady. Perry illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier's marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the first lady's mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience.

Book Jackie

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  • Author : Irving Shulman
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2000-04
  • ISBN : 0595091342
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Jackie written by Irving Shulman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the 1960s, at the height of Jackie Kennedy’s popularity, this book addresses the pressures that American society placed on this strong, vibrant widow. Irving Shulman details Jackie’s life leading up to and following the death of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, focusing on the despicable and intrusive behavior of the media. Shulman sees Jackie as a victim of tabloid culture and uses her case to express his contempt for the American press.

Book The Architecture of Diplomacy

Download or read book The Architecture of Diplomacy written by Jane C. Loeffler and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of Diplomacy reveals the complex interplay of architecture, politics, and power in the history of America's embassy-building program. Through colorful personalities, bizarre episodes, and high drama this compelling story takes readers from scandalous "inspection" junkets by members of Congress to bugged offices at the Moscow embassy to the daring rescue of American personnel in Somalia by Marines and Navy Seals. Rigorously researched and lucidly written, The Architecture of Diplomacy focuses on the embassy-building program during the Cold War years, when the United States initiated a massive construction campaign that would demonstrate its commitment to its allies and assert its presence as a superpower.

Book Jacqueline Kennedy

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  • Author : Deane Heller
  • Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
  • Release : 2011-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781258166038
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy written by Deane Heller and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jacqueline Kennedy

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  • Author : Caroline Kennedy
  • Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
  • Release : 2011-09-14
  • ISBN : 1401303951
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy written by Caroline Kennedy and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark John F. Kennedy's centennial, celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States. In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. Now, for the first time, they can be read in this deluxe, illustrated eBook. Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that would capture their first-hand accounts of the late President as well as the recollections of those closest to him throughout his extraordinary political career. For the rest of her life, the famously private Jacqueline Kennedy steadfastly refused to discuss her memories of those years, but beginning that March, she fulfilled her obligation to future generations of Americans by sitting down with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and recording an astonishingly detailed and unvarnished account of her experiences and impressions as the wife and confidante of John F. Kennedy. The tapes of those sessions were then sealed and later deposited in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum upon its completion, in accordance with Mrs. Kennedy's wishes. The resulting eight and a half hours of material comprises a unique and compelling record of a tumultuous era, providing fresh insights on the many significant people and events that shaped JFK's presidency but also shedding new light on the man behind the momentous decisions. Here are JFK's unscripted opinions on a host of revealing subjects, including his thoughts and feelings about his brothers Robert and Ted, and his take on world leaders past and present, giving us perhaps the most informed, genuine, and immediate portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy we shall ever have. Mrs. Kennedy's urbane perspective, her candor, and her flashes of wit also give us our clearest glimpse into the active mind of a remarkable First Lady. In conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's Inauguration, Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy family are now releasing these beautifully restored recordings on CDs with accompanying transcripts. Introduced and annotated by renowned presidential historian Michael Beschloss, these interviews will add an exciting new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of President Kennedy and his time and make the past come alive through the words and voice of an eloquent eyewitness to history.

Book Media Relations and the Modern First Lady

Download or read book Media Relations and the Modern First Lady written by Lisa M. Burns and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Relations and the Modern First Lady: From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump examines the communication strategies first ladies and their teams have used to manage press and public interest in their private lives, to promote causes close to their hearts, and to shape their public image. Starting with Jacqueline Kennedy, who was the first to have a staffer with the title “press secretary,” each chapter explores the relationship between a first lady and the media, the role played by her press secretary and communication staff in cultivating this relationship, and the first lady’s media coverage. Contributors exploring the following questions: How effective were the media relations and communication strategies of this first lady and her team? What worked and what did not? Was the first lady a communication asset to her husband's administration? And what can we learn from their media relations strategies? Along with contributing to the scholarship on presidential spouses, the contributions to this volume also highlight the important role media relations plays in strategic political communication. Scholars of communication, media studies, gender and women’s studies, political science, and public relations will find this book particularly useful.

Book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis written by Donna Brown Agins and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived most of her life in the spotlight. She dazzled the world as stylish first lady, courageous widow, loving mother, and accomplished career woman. Jackie, as she was known, was born into wealth and privilege, but her life was far from a fairy tale. Beauty, intelligence, and power did not protect her from tragedy and sorrow. How did such a private woman manage to live in the public eye and stay true to herself? How did she rebuild her life after her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated? Readers of this illuminating portrait will discover why Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is one of the most fascinating women in American history. Book jacket.

Book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Download or read book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis written by Barbara Leaming and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, arguing that she suffered from PTSD after her first husband's assassination.

Book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis written by Jacques Lowe and published by Stoddart. This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis written by Jacques Lowe and published by Stoddart. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming tribute, noted photographer Jacques Lowe -- the official campaign photographer for Senator and Mrs. Kennedy -- provides an intimate reminiscence of this extraordinary couple on their hopeful march into history. Once in the White House, President Kennedy urged Lowe to remain the First Family's personal photographer. Lowe's first-person account of those years, along with the recollection of Jackie's social secretary and longtime friend Letitia Baldridge, are accompanied by an array of unguarded pictures incomparable in their scope and beauty, capturing the essence of a unique era and a phenomenal woman.

Book Jacqueline Kennedy

Download or read book Jacqueline Kennedy written by Joanne Mattern and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces young readers to the life of Jacqueline Kennedy, beginning with her childhood in New York City, New York. Readers will become familiar with her charm as they learn about her years studying journalism at several colleges and her marriage to senator John Kennedy. Details of Mrs. Kennedy's time as First Lady, including her restoration the White House and promotion of American music and fashion, are also discussed. Additionally, the book highlights her years after President Kennedy's assassination, including her marriage to Aristotle Onassis and her publishing career in New York City. Informative sidebars and full-color photos accompany easy-to-read, engaging text. Includes timeline, fun facts, index, and glossary.

Book Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy

Download or read book Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy written by Bonnie Bader and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose influence is still felt even today. Kids will be fascinated to read about a First Family whose youth, intelligence, and good looks captivated America in the early 1960s.

Book Grace and Power

Download or read book Grace and Power written by Sally Bedell Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004-05-04 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made available for the first time, Smith paints a richly detailed picture of the personal relationships behind the high purpose and poiltical drama of the twentieth century's most storied presidency. At the dawn of the 1960s, a forty-three-year-old president and his thirty-one-year-old first lady – the youngest couple ever to occupy the White House – captivated the world with their easy elegance and their cool conviction that anything was possible. Jack and Jackie Kennedy gathered around them an intensely loyal and brillant coterie of intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, international jet-setters and artists. Perhaps as never before, Washington was sharply divided between the “ins” and the “outs.” In his public life, JFK created a New Frontier, stared down the Soviets, and devoted himself to his wife and children. As first lady, Jackie mesmerized foreign leaders and the American people with her style and sophistication, creating a White House renowned for its beauty and culture. Smith brilliantly recreates the glamorous pageant of the Kennedy years, as well as the daily texture of the Kennedys’ marriage, friendships, political associations, and, in Jack’s case, multiple love affairs. Smith’s striking revelations include new information about what drew Jack to his numerous mistresses – and what effects the relationships ultimately had on the women; about the rivalries and resentments among Kennedy’s advisers; and about the poignant days before and after Kennedy’s assassination. Smith has fashioned a vivid and nuanced portrait not only of two extraordinary individuals but of a new age that sprang to life around them. Shimmering with intelligence and detail, GRACE AND POWER is history at its finest.

Book First Lady

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlotte Curtis
  • Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
  • Release : 2011-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781258176105
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book First Lady written by Charlotte Curtis and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: