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This wide-ranging and important collection sheds light on the global significance of John F. Kennedy's presidency. A remarkable variety of essays, expertly curated, capture the power and complexity of the Kennedy brand by considering the ways in which it was interpreted, repackaged and re-purposed throughout the postcolonial world. Highly recommended. * Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Lecturer in American History, University of Manchester, UK * John F. Kennedy is a global icon. This collection provides rich and fascinating insights into how JFK was seen and appropriated across the globe. Many Kennedys, some familiar, others less, emerge from its pages, shedding new light on US imperial-postcolonial relations during the 1960s. * Kiran Klaus Patel, Professor of History, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany * Within the vast corpus of books devoted to US President John F. Kennedy, this volume is unique. Schayegh has assembled a stellar cast of scholars to probe how JFK resonated in the postcolonial world and what he (and, by extension, the United States) meant to people there from all walks of life. The result is an illuminating volume packed with lively characters and trenchant analysis that should be read by anyone interested in the postcolonial world in the 1960s and its relationship to US power. * Erez Manela, Professor of History, Harvard University, USA *

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Cyrus Schayegh is Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland. He was previously Associate Professor at Princeton University, USA, and in 2005-2008, Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. His current research focuses mainly on the interplay between post-war globalisation and decolonisation, Arab views of Afro-Asian decolonisation, interwar European inter-imperial cooperation, and historiography.

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