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Book of the Week: Martin Sandler - The Letters of John F Kennedy

Colin Stinton

Richard Laing

Peter Marinker

Trevor White

Duncan Minshull

Penny Leicester

Martin W Sandler

Book of the Week: Martin Sandler - The Letters of John F Kennedy: Episode 5

The Letters of John F Kennedy

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Martin Sandler - The Letters of John F Kennedy

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Martin Sandler - The Letters of John F Kennedy, Episode 5

Kennedy receives a vivid missive listing the pros and cons of nuclear fallout shelters.

At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK receives some remarkable advice. Read by Colin Stinton and Richard Laing.

Letters to and from President Kennedy are published in book form and edited by Martin W Sandler to mark fifty years since the assassination of 1963. And a selection, abridged in five episodes by Penny Leicester, reveal the drama and tensions to do with American foreign policy. Other letters reveal Kennedy's wit and warmth when contacting friends and family:

5. Kennedy receives a vivid communique from his advisor JK Galbraith about the practicalities of shelter during nuclear attack. Later he writes to the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan - words of social nicety and trepidation about the Russians.

Readers Colin Stinton, Richard Laing, Peter Marinker and Trevor White

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Collection of correspondence to and from the American president

Collection of correspondence to and from the American president, edited by Martin W Sandler, published to mark the 50 years since the 1963 assassination. Abridged by Penny Leicester

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