President Kennedy: Profile of Power - Softcover

Reeves, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033361951X ISBN 13: 9780333619513

Publisher: Papermac, 1994

Synopsis

Three decades after Kennedy's death, Richard Reeves has written the first objective account of his three years in the White House. Based on previously unavailable White House files, letters and records, and hundreds of interviews, this book is a day-by-day narrative of what it was, and is, like to be President. This is the view from the centre of power during the years when the United States faced nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union and something close to racial war at home. It is also the story of a man who lived life as a race against boredom and death, thinking he would die young, needing large doses of drugs with side effects that included depression, paranoia, and compulsive sexual desire.

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Review

Bruce W. Nelan "Time" Fresh and fascinating material....The Bottom Line: A cool, clear look at the way JFK dealt with his crises.

"Time magazine"

The best non-fiction book of the year.

Peter Braestrup

"Chicago Tribune"

An uncommonly cool, compelling portrait of a modern president.

Bruce W. Nelan

"Time"

Fresh and fascinating material....The Bottom Line: A cool, clear look at the way JFK dealt with his crises.

Bill McKibben

"New York Daily News"

The power of JFK and of this book is strong enough that it illuminates our present day as well.

Michiko Kakutani

"The New York Times"

ÝA¨ narrative that leaves us not only with a new understanding of Kennedy as President, but also with a new understanding of what it means to be President.

Rory Quirk

"The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution"

A skillful blend of history and character study....Informative and provocative...Reeves offers the nation's 35th president without adulation and without tears.

Geoffrey C. Ward

"The Boston Globe"

Reeves' portrait of Kennedy and his presidency is both persuasive and compelling; the reader puts it down with the feeling that this is what it must have been like to be at the center of power at a time when the center very nearly did not hold.

Derek Shearer

"Los Angeles Times Book Review

President Kennedy,.".is the best study that I've read of what it's like to be President.

Michiko Kakutani

"The New York Times"

[A] narrative that leaves us not only with a new understanding of Kennedy as President, but also with a new understanding of what it means to be President.

About the Author

Richard Reeves is the author of presidential bestsellers, including President Nixon and President Kennedy, acclaimed as the best nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine. A syndicated columnist and winner of the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award, he lives in New York and Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Papermac
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033361951X
• ISBN 13: 9780333619513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800