{"product_id":"jfk-conservative-9780544334540","title":"Jfk, Conservative","description":"\"America, meet the real John F. Kennedy.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired Lyndon Johnson to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. His New Frontier promised increased spending on education and medical care for the elderly. He inspired Bill Clinton to go into politics. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if we've been looking at him all wrong? Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. After all, JFK's two great causes were anticommunism and tax cuts. His tax cuts, domestic spending restraint, military buildup, pro-growth economic policy, emphasis on free trade and a strong dollar, and foreign policy driven by the idea that America had a God-given mission to defend freedom -- all make him, by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative. This widely debated book is must reading for conservatives and liberals alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Provocative and compelling . . . Ira Stoll has succeeded in changing our very perception of Kennedy as one of liberalism's heroes.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWeekly Standard \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An informative analysis of the ways in which JFK did indeed evince his conservative side -- he was very religious, open to a free market unencumbered by governmental interference, and staunchly anti-Communist.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStoll, Ira:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIRA STOLL\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of FutureOfCapitalism.com, and the author of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Adams: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. From 2002 to 2008 he was vice president and managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, he served as Washington correspondent and managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, as North American editor of the \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and as president of the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Crimson\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460373188882,"sku":"9780544334540","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b28d7d4-01b6-4bb2-a52c-715ef82006b7.jpg?v=1730039981","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jfk-conservative-9780544334540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}