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Charismatic and committed, John F. Kennedy remains one of the most revered, and most disliked, of US Presidents. Dedicated to changing ´the look´ of the American Presidency, Kennedy was also pledged to changing the nature of US foreign policy-making. Victory in the Cold War was possible, he said, and the greatest challenge to that victory was in the Asian/Pacific region. Success there would signal the end of the communist versus capitalist confrontation. America ´can do it´, he vowed. This book describes the Kennedy administration´s desperate efforts to achieve the impossible dream: an American Cold War victory throughout Asia and the Pacific.

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Preface - Finding the ´Right Key´: Kennedy and the New Pacific Community - Rust Removal: The New Frontier in Guam and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - Friend or Foe? Australia and Destiny - New Frontier vs. Guided Democracy: Kennedy, Sukarno, and Indonesia - ´Holding the Beachhead´ in the Philippines and Japan - Assumption and ´Special Considerations´: The Ryukyus - Conclusions - Bibliography - Index

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