Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy · President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963) · 1917–1963

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Kennedy only occasionally and never analyses him at length. Between 2014 and 2024, he returns several times to the idea that, under his presidency or among his advisers, getting rid of De Gaulle was considered. He himself presents this information as uncertain or unconfirmed1 2. He also links Kennedy to the question of segregation in the United States, recalling that it still prevailed there before him3. He stresses his position as an Irish Catholic who, in his view, "did not last long" in a world dominated by WASPs4. He also speaks of "the son", whom the Texas oil men "got rid of"5. Finally, he mentions the red telephone with Khrushchev in a session on the lasting political stakes of aesthetics6. These mentions serve mainly as historical reference points in discussions of neo-fascism, Clouscard, Proust and the threat of war.

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Who is this?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency. […]

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