the communists was progressing and being won, while Mendenhall stated that the country was civilly being lost to any U.S. influence. Kennedy reacted, asking, "Did you two ..
The crackdowns heightened expectations of a coup d'état to remove Diem with (or perhaps by) his brother, Nhu.[190] Lodge was instructed to try getting Diem and Nhu to ..
Biographer Richard Reeves said that Kennedy focused primarily on the political repercussions of the plan rather than military considerations. When it proved unsuccessful, he..
to view him as the winner. On average radio listeners thought that Nixon had won or that the debates were a draw.[124] The debates are now considered a milestone in A..
, Vice-President, as well as a National Council Representative.[81][82] Almost every weekend that Congress was in session, Kennedy would fly back to Massachusetts to give speeches to veteran, frater..
During the trip south, he was hospitalized briefly in Jacksonville after diving into the cold water to unfoul a propeller. Thereafter, Kennedy was assigned duty in Panama and later in the Pacific th..