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The book is long and detailed but is an excellent biography. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in history, biographies, u. S.
The book looks at jfk's early life and not just his presidency. It looks at how events shaped his worldview and set the stage for future decisions. The book is published by simon & schuster at £16. For more information on the book, visit www.
coming of age in the american century, 1917-1956 by fredrik logevall is the first volume in what will be a two volume biography of john fitzgerald kennedy. Logevall provides deep insights into jfk. He highlights jfk’s complexity with finesse, nuances,... Read More
The last henry cabot lodge jr and the making of the cold war by luke a nichter. The book is incredibly well-researched and dives deeper than any work on jfk’s life that i’ve read. His story is so engrossing and the writing is so clear that i couldn't ... Read More
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The book is quite verbose. The author uses an incredible amount of parentheses - sometimes 6-8 a page. Very distracting and annoying. Save your money.
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Especially interesting was his analysis of jfks involvment with the diem assasination
This book starts with the background of jfk’s forefathers coming from ireland and how they blended in with the noncatholic fami... Read More
Jfk was certainly a terrible husband even by the standards of his time and there is an iciness to the man in his treatment of s... Read More
There are many kennedy biographies but none written by an historian of professor logevalls stature with the exception of arthur... Read More
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First of two volumes on jfks life focusing on his political development independent of his familys influence their wealth soci... Read More
The author is not uncritical of his subject and his familys influence
This volume one ends just after the 1956 election where kenedy narrowly lost the democratic vice president nomination
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Instead she would take trips to europe often taking joe jr
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He was also sloppy paying little attention to how he dressed
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He related to all types of people and never acted as if he was better than others
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Good looking but scrawny jfk was a ladies man
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It also demonstrated that he was beholden to his fathers isolationist views
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He refused to be discharged from the navy following the incident
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Of course his fathers money and influence were helpful but jfk was his own man politically
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With little interest in the house of representatives he set his goal on a senate seat which he won in 1956 by defeating henry cabot lodge
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