1960'S a sex revolution, civil rights rev and the emergence of a youth culture. The Vietnam war and feminism.
KENNEDY'S "NEW FRONTIER SPIRIT"
-The attorney general, Robert Kennedy, set out to recast the priorities of the FBI which deployed nearly a 1000 agents on "internal security" but targeted only a dozen against organized crime and gave almost no attention to civil rights violations. His efforts were resisted by Edgar Hoover who had served as FBI director longer than the Rob had been alive. Biz whiz Robert McNamara left the presidency of the Ford Motor Company to take over the Defense Dept.
-Kennedy was the youngest pres. w/ the youngest cabinet and his challenge of a "New frontier" quickened patriotic pulses. Proposed the Peace corps which was an army of idealistic youth volunteers who would take Amer. Skills 2 underdeveloped countries.
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