The question I will investigate is, ‘How did John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s actions impact the space race during his presidency (January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963)?’. I first explain and evaluate two sources: JFK’s Last Hundred Days, by Thurston Clarke, is a book detailing the last fourteen weeks of John F. Kennedy’s life. Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, by Roger D. Launius & Howard E. McCurdy, is a book about the impact of presidential leadership on the space race. Both books hold relevance to my investigation because they contain details of what JFK did to influence the space race during his time in power.
JFK’s Last Hundred Days was published by penguin press in 2013 in New York City. It is nonfiction, public, secondary source. The book is a narrative of JFK’s time in the presidency. Unlike the many research resources available, this book addresses events not well known, 50 years after occurrence. It takes a 3rd person past-tense POV. The book looks at the center of JFK’s legend – which is what he could have potentially done. The narrative offers the public education and entertainment. The author is neutral, with no indication of bias. The author’s intent appears to be: to make money, …show more content…
Long after the end of the race, on October 2, 1997, Khrushchev's son Sergei claimed Khrushchev had been ready to accept Kennedy's offers for a joint mission, having reportedly concluded that both nations might experience cost benefits and technological gains from a joint venture. During the weeks following Kennedy’s death, Khrushchev decided he didn’t have trust in Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, as much as he had in Kennedy. Had Kennedy not been assassinated and had a joint venture succeeded in turn, The Space Race could have ended in a win-win scenario, technological advances could have been made at a much greater rate, and Cold War tensions could have been eased more
JFK’s Last Hundred Days was published by penguin press in 2013 in New York City. It is nonfiction, public, secondary source. The book is a narrative of JFK’s time in the presidency. Unlike the many research resources available, this book addresses events not well known, 50 years after occurrence. It takes a 3rd person past-tense POV. The book looks at the center of JFK’s legend – which is what he could have potentially done. The narrative offers the public education and entertainment. The author is neutral, with no indication of bias. The author’s intent appears to be: to make money, …show more content…
Long after the end of the race, on October 2, 1997, Khrushchev's son Sergei claimed Khrushchev had been ready to accept Kennedy's offers for a joint mission, having reportedly concluded that both nations might experience cost benefits and technological gains from a joint venture. During the weeks following Kennedy’s death, Khrushchev decided he didn’t have trust in Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, as much as he had in Kennedy. Had Kennedy not been assassinated and had a joint venture succeeded in turn, The Space Race could have ended in a win-win scenario, technological advances could have been made at a much greater rate, and Cold War tensions could have been eased more