Find a copy online
Links to this item
Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
---|---|
Named Person: | John F Kennedy; John F Kennedy; John F Kennedy |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael O'Brien |
ISBN: | 0312281293 9780312281298 |
OCLC Number: | 56413426 |
Description: | xviii, 971 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Kennedys and Fitzgeralds -- Joe and Rose -- The Kennedy system -- Childish, irresponsible boy -- Broadening horizons -- The Danish spy -- PT 109 -- Family tragedies -- Kennedy for Congress -- Plotting his own course -- Two Brahmins -- Rookie Senator, rookie husband -- McCarthyism, agony, and courage -- Married life and other women -- Leaping to prominence -- Image and stature -- Coping with Papa and pain -- Communism and colonialism -- Civil rights and labor reform -- Liberal doubts -- The Catholic dilemma -- Gearing up for 1960 -- Capturing the nomination -- Nixon vs. Kennedy -- Let us begin anew -- The perfect failure -- Berlin and Vienna -- No mandate -- Missing the moral passion -- A limited commitment -- Economics 101 -- Mongoose and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Connoisseur of the sexual game -- Thriving on pressure -- White House, personal life, and health -- White House princess -- Renovation and culture -- Mind and personality -- Image and the media -- A moral issue -- Frustrating commitment -- Crisis in the third world -- Searching for peace -- Death in the fall. |
Responsibility: | Michael O'Brien. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Presents a comprehensive biography of John F. Kennedy, and chronicles his early childhood and affluent lifestyle, experiences during World War Two, entrance into politics, his marriage, political policies, and assassination.
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.


Tags
Add tags for "John F. Kennedy : a biography".
Be the first.