| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
509 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-491) and index. |
| Contents |
The twenty-five year conversation -- The aristocratic cousinhood -- Sunset glow before the storm -- The form most pleasing to his audience -- Billy Hartington wants to know -- Straw in the wind -- What about you? -- By watching England we will have much to learn -- A divided nature -- To find a beginning -- On the Churchill ticket -- What the man would like to be -- The meaning of "miscalculation" -- The edge of the precipice -- The go-between -- A lesson in duty -- In reading the history of past wars and how they began -- Before it is too late. |
| Summary |
The story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his sister had gained entree to a group of young aristocrats. As Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britain to resist Hitler before it was too late, Jack Kennedy formed bonds of friendship and family that would forever change his life and the course of American history. Drawing on many new primary sources, this book is the first to trace the arc of Kennedy's intellectual and political formation, and to detail the goals of his presidency as he saw them, giving an intimate picture of a leader torn between politics and principle, a president wrestling with private demons and unresolved conflicts dating back to the 1930s, when Churchill and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy were adversaries on the public stage.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- Decision making.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
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| ISBN |
0393051617 |
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9780393051612 |
| Standard No. |
IG# 0393051617 |
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YDXCP 2270227 |
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NZ1 10644523 |
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AU@ 000040062121 |
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