Book description
Mass-market edition of the first authoritative single-volume
biography of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades.
Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives,
prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew
about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life,
his presidency and his legacy.
Dallek also discloses that, while labouring to present an image of
robust good health, Kennedy was secretly in and out of hospitals
throughout his life, soill that he was administered last rites on
several occasions.
He never shies away from Kennedy's weaknesses, but also brilliantly
explores his strengths. The result is a full portrait of a bold, brave
and truly human John F. Kennedy.
Robert Dallek has taught at Columbia, UCLA, and Oxford. He is
currently a professor of history at Boston University. He is the author
of several books, including his classic two-volume biography of Lyndon
Johnson, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant. He has won the Bancroft
Prize for American history, among numerous other awards for scholarship
and teaching.
