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ALSO BY THURSTON CLARKE The Last Campaign Ask Not Searching for Crusoe California Fault Pearl Harbor Ghosts Equator Thirteen O’Clock Lost Hero By Blood and Fire The Last Caravan Dirty Money THE PENGUIN PRESS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA USA • Canada • UK • Ireland • Australia • New Zealand • India • South Africa • China Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England For more information about the Penguin Group visit penguin.com Copyright © Thurston Clarke, 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clarke, Thurston. JFK’s last hundred days : the transformation of a man and the emergence of a great president / Thurston Clarke. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-10161780-9 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963. 2. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963— Psychology. 3. Presidents—United States—Biography. 4. Political leadership—United States—Case studies. 5. Change (Psychology)—Case studies. 6. United States—Politics and government—1961–1963. I. Title. E842.C55 2013 973.922092—dc23 [B] 2012047456 For Kathy Robbins and David Halpern Contents Also by Thurston Clarke Title Page Copyright Dedication December 31, 1962 | THE PORTRAIT PART ONE | PROLOGUE TO THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS Wednesday, August 7–Saturday, August 10 | WASHINGTON, CAPE COD, AND BOSTON Monday, August 12 | CAPE COD AND WASHINGTON Tuesday, August 13 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 14 | CAPE COD PART TWO | DAYS 100–84 Thursday, August 15 | WASHINGTON Friday, August 16–Sunday, August 18 | CAPE COD Monday, August 19–Tuesday, August 20 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 21–Friday, August 23 | WASHINGTON AND CAPE COD Saturday, August 24–Sunday, August 25 | CAPE COD Monday, August 26–Tuesday, August 27 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 28 | WASHINGTON Thursday, August 29–Saturday, August 31 | WASHINGTON AND CAPE COD PART THREE | DAYS 83–54 Sunday, September 1 | CAPE COD AND MARTHA’S VINEYARD Monday, September 2 | CAPE COD Tuesday, September 3–Friday, September 6 | WASHINGTON Saturday, September 7–Sunday, September 8 | HYANNIS PORT Monday, September 9 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, September 10–Thursday, September 12 | WASHINGTON Thursday, September 12–Sunday, September 15 | NEWPORT Monday, September 16–Sunday, September 22 | WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, NEWPORT Monday, September 23 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, September 24–Monday, September 30 | THE WESTERN TOUR PART FOUR | DAYS 53–23 Tuesday, October 1–Sunday, October 6 | WASHINGTON, ARKANSAS, AND CAMP DAVID Monday, October 7 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, October 8–Sunday, October 13 | WASHINGTON AND CAMP DAVID Monday, October 14–Friday, October 18 | CAMP DAVID AND WASHINGTON Saturday, October 19–Monday, October 21 | ORONO, BOSTON, AND CAPE COD Monday, October 21 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, October 22–Friday, October 25 | WASHINGTON Saturday, October 26–Sunday, October 27 | AMHERST AND ATOKA Monday, October 28–Thursday, October 31 | WASHINGTON PART FIVE | DAYS 22–1 Friday, November 1–Sunday, November 10 | WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, AND ATOKA Monday, November 11–Tuesday, November 12 | ATOKA, ARLINGTON, AND WASHINGTON Wednesday, November 13 | WASHINGTON Thursday, November 14–Friday, November 15 | WASHINGTON, THE MASON-DIXON LINE, MANHATTAN, AND PALM BEACH Saturday, November 16 | CAPE CANAVERAL AND PALM BEACH Sunday, November 17–Monday, November 18 | PALM BEACH, TAMPA, MIAMI Tuesday, November 19 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, November 20 | WASHINGTON Thursday, November 21 | WASHINGTON, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH Friday, November 22 | FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AFTER DALLAS Photographs Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK’s last hundred days that asks what might have been Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy’s legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the an
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ALSO BY THURSTON CLARKE The Last Campaign Ask Not Searching for Crusoe California Fault Pearl Harbor Ghosts Equator Thirteen O’Clock Lost Hero By Blood and Fire The Last Caravan Dirty Money THE PENGUIN PRESS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA USA • Canada • UK • Ireland • Australia • New Zealand • India • South Africa • China Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England For more information about the Penguin Group visit penguin.com Copyright © Thurston Clarke, 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clarke, Thurston. JFK’s last hundred days : the transformation of a man and the emergence of a great president / Thurston Clarke. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-10161780-9 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963. 2. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963— Psychology. 3. Presidents—United States—Biography. 4. Political leadership—United States—Case studies. 5. Change (Psychology)—Case studies. 6. United States—Politics and government—1961–1963. I. Title. E842.C55 2013 973.922092—dc23 [B] 2012047456 For Kathy Robbins and David Halpern Contents Also by Thurston Clarke Title Page Copyright Dedication December 31, 1962 | THE PORTRAIT PART ONE | PROLOGUE TO THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS Wednesday, August 7–Saturday, August 10 | WASHINGTON, CAPE COD, AND BOSTON Monday, August 12 | CAPE COD AND WASHINGTON Tuesday, August 13 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 14 | CAPE COD PART TWO | DAYS 100–84 Thursday, August 15 | WASHINGTON Friday, August 16–Sunday, August 18 | CAPE COD Monday, August 19–Tuesday, August 20 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 21–Friday, August 23 | WASHINGTON AND CAPE COD Saturday, August 24–Sunday, August 25 | CAPE COD Monday, August 26–Tuesday, August 27 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, August 28 | WASHINGTON Thursday, August 29–Saturday, August 31 | WASHINGTON AND CAPE COD PART THREE | DAYS 83–54 Sunday, September 1 | CAPE COD AND MARTHA’S VINEYARD Monday, September 2 | CAPE COD Tuesday, September 3–Friday, September 6 | WASHINGTON Saturday, September 7–Sunday, September 8 | HYANNIS PORT Monday, September 9 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, September 10–Thursday, September 12 | WASHINGTON Thursday, September 12–Sunday, September 15 | NEWPORT Monday, September 16–Sunday, September 22 | WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, NEWPORT Monday, September 23 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, September 24–Monday, September 30 | THE WESTERN TOUR PART FOUR | DAYS 53–23 Tuesday, October 1–Sunday, October 6 | WASHINGTON, ARKANSAS, AND CAMP DAVID Monday, October 7 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, October 8–Sunday, October 13 | WASHINGTON AND CAMP DAVID Monday, October 14–Friday, October 18 | CAMP DAVID AND WASHINGTON Saturday, October 19–Monday, October 21 | ORONO, BOSTON, AND CAPE COD Monday, October 21 | WASHINGTON Tuesday, October 22–Friday, October 25 | WASHINGTON Saturday, October 26–Sunday, October 27 | AMHERST AND ATOKA Monday, October 28–Thursday, October 31 | WASHINGTON PART FIVE | DAYS 22–1 Friday, November 1–Sunday, November 10 | WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, AND ATOKA Monday, November 11–Tuesday, November 12 | ATOKA, ARLINGTON, AND WASHINGTON Wednesday, November 13 | WASHINGTON Thursday, November 14–Friday, November 15 | WASHINGTON, THE MASON-DIXON LINE, MANHATTAN, AND PALM BEACH Saturday, November 16 | CAPE CANAVERAL AND PALM BEACH Sunday, November 17–Monday, November 18 | PALM BEACH, TAMPA, MIAMI Tuesday, November 19 | WASHINGTON Wednesday, November 20 | WASHINGTON Thursday, November 21 | WASHINGTON, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH Friday, November 22 | FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AFTER DALLAS Photographs Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK’s last hundred days that asks what might have been Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy’s legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the an
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