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Author Talbot, David, 1951-

Title Brothers : the hidden history of the Kennedy years / David Talbot.

Imprint New York : Free Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.922 T142b 2007    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  973.922 T142b 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description xiv, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-456) and index.
Summary Journalist Talbot sheds a dramatic new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its stunning aftermath. The book begins on the shattering afternoon of November 22, 1963, as a grief-stricken Robert Kennedy urgently demands answers about the assassination of his brother, then shifts back in time, revealing the shadowy conflicts that tore apart the Kennedy administration, pitting the young president and his even younger brother against their own national security apparatus. The Kennedy brothers and their small circle of trusted advisors repeatedly thwarted Washington's warriors, the hard-line generals and spymasters hell-bent on a showdown with the Communists--the Kennedys pushing instead for a peaceful resolution to the Cold War. The tensions within the Kennedy administration were heading for an explosive climax, when a burst of gunfire in Dallas terminated John F. Kennedy's presidency.--From publisher description.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Conspiracies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Attorneys general -- United States -- Biography.
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780743269186
0743269187
Standard No. YDXCP 2528495
AU@ 000041282974
NZ1 11248573

 
    
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