约翰·F·肯尼迪在惨遭暗杀近60年后仍然是一个引人注目的人物。在约翰·F·肯尼迪1957年的阿尔及利亚演讲中，肯尼迪的声音以其独特的口才以及他本人迷人的复杂性被赋予了生命。这本书讲述了肯尼迪作为一名美国参议员最重要但却最不被认可的外交政策演讲之一，呼吁阿尔及利亚在经历了一个多世纪的法国殖民统治后独立。读者将体验围绕肯尼迪1957年7月2日演讲的辩论，特别是它遇到的来自艾森豪威尔政府、法国官员和法国公民、美国外交政策界的资深成员，如迪安·艾奇森和阿德莱·史蒂文森的抵制，在美国和法国一些最著名的期刊上发表评论。作者对肯尼迪发表这篇演讲的原因以及他长达15个月的广泛准备提供了新的见解。克莱瓦利用深入的学术研究，分析了几年来美国政府处理阿尔及利亚危机的机密文件，以便全面研究肯尼迪的参议院演讲、它如何塑造肯尼迪自己的政府，以及它对美国外交政策的意义。
John F. Kennedy’s 1957 Algeria Speech: The Politics of Anticolonialism in the Cold War Era
John F. Kennedy remains a compelling figure almost sixty years after his tragic assassination. Kennedy’s voice—with all of its characteristic eloquence—as well as the engaging complexity of the man himself, are brought to life in John F. Kennedy’s 1957 Algeria Speech. This book deals with one of Kennedy’s most important as a U.S. Senator—but least recognized—foreign policy speeches calling for Algerian independence after more than a century of French colonial rule. The reader will experience the debate surrounding Kennedy’s speech of July 2, 1957, particularly the resistance it encountered from the Eisenhower administration, French officials, and French citizens, senior members of America’s foreign policy community such as Dean Acheson and Adlai Stevenson, and editorial criticism in some of the most distinguished journals in the United States and France. The author offers new insights into Kennedy’s reasons for giving this speech, as well as his extensive preparation spanning fifteen months. Cleva uses in depth scholarship to analyze several years of classified U.S. Government documents dealing with the Algerian crisis in order to provide this comprehensive study of Kennedy’s Senate speech, how it shaped Kennedy’s own administration, as well its significance to American foreign policy.
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