{"product_id":"two-days-in-june-isbn-9780771023897","title":"Two Days in June","description":"June 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been president of the United States for almost two and a half years. That spring he is at a tipping point, grappling with the two seismic forces of his time: nuclear arms and civil rights. On two consecutive days, in two lyrical addresses, he asks Americans\u003cbr\u003eto abandon their prejudices in the shadow of the Cold War and Jim Crow. The first leads to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963, the second to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e captures Kennedy at the high noon of his presidency. Based on unseen documentary footage, JFK’s feverish forty-eight hours unspool in suspenseful clarity. In this tick-tock of the presidency, we see him everywhere from facing down George Wallace over the integration of the University of Alabama to talking obsessively about sex and politics at a dinner party in Georgetown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were 1,036 days in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. This is the story of two of them.\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Ottawa Book Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the RBC Taylor Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is a page-turner.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stellar book on the Kennedy presidency.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An historical thriller . . . exhaustively and painstakingly researched.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e (Montreal)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riveting, moment-by-moment account. Cohen’s weaving together of the essential and the mundane makes this a compelling book, startling in detail and profound in its analysis.” \u003cbr\u003e—Jury Citation, Ottawa Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eTwo Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e, Cohen has masterfully accomplished the task of discovering a damn good story worthy of telling. His use of rare source material . . . allows for candid insights from Kennedy intimates, while his authorial skill results in a narrative which is both urgent and engaging.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHartford Books Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cohen has produced a book that offers that wonderful thing—something new.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent portrait of America in the 1960s, thanks to the wealth of details Cohen provides. . . . This book is not only a wonderful character study of a president, it is also a fascinating look at a pivotal point in American history.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Meticulously researched and engagingly written. . . . The two speeches ultimately changed the course of history. In this important book, Cohen brings it all alive and makes us feel that we are there behind the scenes to see history in the making.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBook Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cohen’s own lyrical account of these days provides an intimate,\u003cbr\u003emoving, and revelatory portrait of Kennedy that is superbly detailed\u003cbr\u003eand thrillingly narrated.”\u003cbr\u003e—Thurston Clarke, author of JFK’s \u003ci\u003eLast Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Do we need another book on John F. Kennedy? The answer turns out to be a resounding yes, given this highly readable tale of two days. . . . A story Cohen relays with novelistic pacing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The McGill News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterful volume . . . riveting in detail . . . meticulous historical research.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Prairie Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is excellent historical writing in the manner of Barbara Tuchman and Margaret Macmillan.” —\u003ci\u003eDiplomat Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTwo Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book . . . a great work.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBulletin: The Magazine of Choate Rosemary Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"He may have served for a thousand days but it was two days that made John F. Kennedy's presidency. No one before Andrew Cohen has recognized that, and because of his signal achievement in \u003ci\u003eTwo Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e, no one will be able to write about—no one will be able to think about—John Kennedy ever again in quite the same way. Channeling Theodore White and William Manchester, Andrew Cohen has changed the way we regard JFK in \u003ci\u003eTwo Days\u003c\/i\u003e as much as JFK changed the presidency and the world in those two days.\" \u003cbr\u003e—David M. Shribman, former editor of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Andrew Cohen calls the two days during which President John F. Kennedy delivered ground-breaking speeches addressing the great post-war threats to America—racial inequality and nuclear war—'his lyrical journey to peace and freedom.' Cohen's own lyrical account of these days provides an intimate, moving, and revelatory portrait of Kennedy that is superbly detailed and thrillingly narrated.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Thurston Clarke, author of \u003ci\u003eJFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Using a literary zoom lens, Andrew Cohen zeroes in on forty-eight dramatic hours in John F. Kennedy's presidency to superbly illuminate his leadership in a compelling and original way. It is Kennedy up close and personal, making history with two of his most important speeches—one carefully planned, the other a brilliant improvisation. \u003ci\u003eTwo Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e nimbly juggles fast-moving presidential challenges at home and abroad, with fascinating new details of the drama unfolding behind the scenes on Air Force One, in the Oval Office, in the private quarters of the White House, and in the most exclusive salon in Georgetown. . . . Cohen's analysis of the two speeches and their impact, and his assessment of their measure in JFK's presidency is astute and constitutes an entirely original perspective. His research has been prodigious. Even Kennedy devotees and experts will find new tidbits throughout, judiciously placed in the author's seamless and riveting narrative, which is beautifully written and weaves together the consequential and the quotidian, with verve and authority.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Sally Bedell Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eGrace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW COHEN is an award-winning journalist and former Washington correspondent whom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has called \"one of Canada's most distinguished authors.\" A native of Montreal, he attended Choate Rosemary Hall, McGill University, and the University of Cambridge. Among his bestselling books are \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTrudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau \u003c\/i\u003e(with J.L. Granatstein); \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWhile Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction. He has written for \u003ci\u003eUnited Press International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e from Washington, London, Berlin, Toronto, and Ottawa. He has won two National Newspaper Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. A professor of journalism and international affairs at Carleton University, Cohen writes a nationally syndicated column for the \u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305326006501,"sku":"NP9780771023897","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771023897.jpg?v=1767743084","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/two-days-in-june-isbn-9780771023897","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}