The assassination of president Kennedy: A preliminary report on public reactions and behavior

Abstract

No one yet knows how profoundly the assassination of President Kennedy altered the future course of history, but it certainly was an extremely significant event internationally as well as domestically. Its immediate effects on the American people are also of considerable importance, reflecting as they do the attitudes of the people toward their President and the emotional reactions to such an assassination. They are also important as a demonstration of the speed that characterizes modern communication. © 1964 by Princeton University Press.