Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman

Biography & Memoir, Political
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Author: Barbara Leaming ISBN: 9780393344288
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: August 17, 2007
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Barbara Leaming
ISBN: 9780393344288
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: August 17, 2007
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"An absorbing and enjoyable book."—New York Times Book Review

Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture—in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill—on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.

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"An absorbing and enjoyable book."—New York Times Book Review

Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture—in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill—on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.

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