Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America [Paperback]

2013 is the 50th Anniversary of JFK’s assassination.

A narrative of Kennedy's quest to create a speech that would distill American dreams and empower a new generation, Ask Not is a beautifully detailed account of the inauguration and the weeks preceding it. During a time when America was divided, and its citizens torn by fears of war, John F. Kennedy took office and sought to do more than just reassure the American people. His speech marked the start of a brief, optimistic era. Thurston Clarke's portrait of JFK is balanced, revealing the president at his most dazzlingly charismatic and cunningly pragmatic.

Thurston Clarke's latest book, JFK's Last Hundred Days, is currently available in hardcover.Praise for JFK’s Last Hundred Days (2013):
 
A real page-turner… makes for a great and stimulating vacation read… deftly weav[es] together the private, personal, and intimate with the public, the political, and the-then-secret public and political, makes one want to keep reading to find out even more of the scoop.
—Daily Beast
 
[A] compelling portrait of one of the towering figures of 20th-cnetury America.
—Christian Science Monitor
 
There will be few, if any, contributions more entertaining and informative than Thurston Clarke's comprehensive chronological telling of his last 100 days in office.
—Financial Times
 
A fascinating analysis of what was… and what might have been.
—Booklist
 
Demonstrates that three often painful years in office had tl: