John F. Kennedy: A Bibliography

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Prepared by an established Kennedy scholar, this volume offers definitive and up-to-date bibliographic material on Kennedy. Unlike the earlier works of the 1970s and early 1980s, it covers the primary sources on Kennedy and his presidency, including letters and other manuscript material, oral histories, and both published and unpublished government documents. It also contains the scholarly secondary literature including books, articles, and unpublished doctoral dissertations and masters theses on the Kennedy era. Finally, it includes most of the contemporary articles from various magazines and journals. The publication contains an array of sources on Kennedy and his presidency which is particularly comprehensive and detailed. The sources are annotated with descriptive or evaluative statements. Having perused the vast majority of the publications covered, the author also suggests the work that still needs to be done on Kennedy and his presidency.

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.,."serves the continuing need for bibliographic overviews of the Kennedy years and of their critical events and issues. An excellent resource for anybody looking for sources on the Kennedy/Johnson years. Recommended for all academic libraries."-Choice
...serves the continuing need for bibliographic overviews of the Kennedy years and of their critical events and issues. An excellent resource for anybody looking for sources on the Kennedy/Johnson years. Recommended for all academic libraries.-Choice
This title will undoubtedly remain the standard, or at least the customary starting point, until such time as something in the future appears to update it. Research libraries or large public institutions with presidential collection will find that this work is invaluable as an additiom to their Kennedy materials.-ARBA
This volume is another in the excellent Greenwood series Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States. Following the well-organized, standard format of the other titles in the series, the author first notes manuscript and archival sources, including the papers of presidential associates, then lists oral histories, personal writings, and biographical publications, and, last, cites scholarly works and other secondary sources (more than four thousand citations in all)....This comprehensive bibliography on a president who continues to inspire the popular imagination is recommended for all libraries with an interest in American history.-RQ
Written with intelligence and care to detail, this is a superb bibliography on the Kennedy presidency and other topics associated with JFK.-Reference Book Review
..."serves the continuing need for bibliographic overviews of the Kennedy years and of their critical events and issues. An excellent resource for anybody looking for sources on the Kennedy/Johnson years. Recommended for all academic libraries."-Choice
"This title will undoubtedly remain the standard, or at least the customary starting point, until such time as something in the future appears to update it. Research libraries or large public institutions with presidential collection will find that this work is invaluable as an additiom to their Kennedy materials."-ARBA
"Written with intelligence and care to detail, this is a superb bibliography on the Kennedy presidency and other topics associated with JFK."-Reference Book Review
"This volume is another in the excellent Greenwood series Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States. Following the well-organized, standard format of the other titles in the series, the author first notes manuscript and archival sources, including the papers of presidential associates, then lists oral histories, personal writings, and biographical publications, and, last, cites scholarly works and other secondary sources (more than four thousand citations in all)....This comprehensive bibliography on a president who continues to inspire the popular imagination is recommended for all libraries with an interest in American history."-RQ

Author Bio

JAMES N. GIGLIO is Professor of History and Distinguished Scholar at Southwest Missouri State University. He is the author of H.M. Daugherty and The Politics of Expediency (1978), Truman in Cartoon and Caricature with Greg Thielen (1984), and The Presidency of John F. Kennedy (1991).