L'Amérique de JFK: une époque bien différente selon le Pew Research Center

Article très intéressant du Pew Research Center. Comment les américains voyaient-ils leur pays en 1963? Une petite mine de renseignements et d'anecdotes.

 Un extrait:

 "As America marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death, his life, family, strengths and weakness have been pored over in recent weeks, but little has been said about how the public viewed the country during the Kennedy years. The Gallup polls of that period illustrate how different a time this was. The mood of America then had few parallels with the modern era.

 First, as 1963 began, Americans were pretty upbeat in any number of ways:

 Having survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, they were confident about their country – 82% thought America’s power would increase in 1963! And most (63%) thought it possible that the West could achieve a peaceful relationship with Russia.

 Americans were remarkably internationalist. Gallup1 found 82% of the public thinking it would be better if US worked with other nations.Just 10% said keeping independent was the right course. No fewer than 87% favored the common market. They even liked foreign aid – 58% said they were for it. Can you imagine?

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/11/20/jfks-america/