The President Has Been Shot Summary

To go along with my independent research project I read the book The President Has Been Shot. It was a very good book. The book was written by James L. Swanson who is a bestselling author. I chose to read these book for a few reasons. It talked about early in John F. Kennedy’s presidency. It tells what happened a few days after the assassination. It tells everything that happened during the assassination too. Another thing that was interesting was how the book described how much of an icon Jackie Kennedy was to the American people. Many people probably didn't know that. Those were some of the reasons why I chose to read the book The President Has Been Shot.
Now here is a brief summary of the book the president has been shot. First, the book tells you about John F.

How he went to war and came home to marry Jacqueline Kennedy. You learn that he had Addison’s disease, but he hid his pain from the American people. Next, the book talks about the 1960s election and how John F. Kennedy won. It was a close call though and he almost didn’t win. Then it talks about his inauguration, and it gives some of his famous quotes. One of those was “ And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you----- ask what you can do for your country”. The Bay of Pigs is talked about next in the book. It was the biggest failure of John F. Kennedy’s career. The Cuban Missile Crisis is talked about next in the book. So basically this was the most dangerous conflict of John F. Kennedy’s presidency. The Russians had missiles in Cuba pointed at the US, and the US had missiles in Turkey pointed at Russia. John F. Kennedy was able to work out a deal that had the Russians remove the missiles and promise not to invade Cuba, and while the US took their missiles out of Turkey. His deal prevented a major nuclear war from happening. The book also