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Author Sandford, Christopher, 1956-

Title Harold and Jack : the remarkable friendship of prime minister Macmillan and President Kennedy / Christopher Sandford.

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  327.730 SAN    Check Shelf
Description 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321) and index.
Contents Mending fences -- Ancient and modern -- Operation rose -- Special relationships -- "The problems which now confront us are really terrifying" -- Avoiding the rogue elephant -- To the brink -- Family feud -- The men who saved the world -- Aftermath.
Summary Documents the unlikely friendship between the British Prime Minister and the thirty-fifth President, tracing their collaborative efforts during the Bay of Pigs, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Subject Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963 -- Decision making.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1964 -- Decision making.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (OCoLC)fst00035588
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986. (OCoLC)fst00014679
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
Prime ministers. (OCoLC)fst01076416
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Chronological Term 1945-1964
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 9781616149352 (hbk.)
1616149353 (hbk.)
9781616149369 (ebk.)
1616149361 (ebk.)
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