JFK AND HIS ENEMIES

Nixon, Johnson and Hoover hated wealthy, athletic, Ivy League “personality boys.” In addition, Cold Warriors everywhere viewed as “treasonous” Kennedy’s memorandum to pull out of Vietnam, his memorandum calling for a joint moon landing with the Soviet Union, his nuclear test ban treaty, his respect for the United Nations, his informal liaisons with Castro and Khrushchev, and his desire to recognize Red China. Then there were racists who looked with disdain on his civil rights bill(323 pages).