John F. Kennedy
The president whose death transformed his presidency into mythology — the actual record is more complicated. Kennedy blocked Soviet missiles in Cuba, launched the Peace Corps, and started the moon program. He also escalated in Vietnam, initially resisted civil rights, and had the most reckless personal life of any president.
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