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There has been no complete biography like this one. Jack deals with the full scope of Kennedy's life - his family, his friends, his infidelities. There's much to say, much culled from hundreds of hours of tapes from the Oval Office. Through painstaking research, Geoffrey Perret located thousands of revealing documents on national security issues and foreign affairs, subjects to which Kennedy devoted most of his time and energy. All of the documents from the Assassination Records Review Board are now available as well, and Perret has mined the Kennedy Library in a way few others have, finding letters and diaries that have never before seen the light of day. But perhaps most important here is the narrative ability of Perret. With style and substance, he brings to life again the man who left such an indelible impression on our century.
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Review:
" A portrait of Kennedy that is thoroughly grounded in fact, free of partisan bias and believable."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Geoffrey Perret, in the first full-scale biography of John Kennedy in almost twenty years, sheds new light on the man' s mystique, his marriage and his all too brief presidency."
-- "GQ"
" Perret captures the paradox at Kennedy' s core: He was an idealist and a visionary who couldn' t or wouldn' t control his most adolescent urges."
-- "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
" Full of revelations...[Perret] does a good job deflating the erroneous image of the Kennedys as Boston aristocracy...and he strikes a good balance between the personal and the political."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
"A portrait of Kennedy that is thoroughly grounded in fact, free of partisan bias and believable."
--The New York Times Book Review "Geoffrey Perret, in the first full-scale biography of John Kennedy in almost twenty years, sheds new light on the man's mystique, his marriage and his all too brief presidency."
--GQ "Perret captures the paradox at Kennedy's core: He was an idealist and a visionary who couldn't or wouldn't control his most adolescent urges."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Full of revelations...[Perret] does a good job deflating the erroneous image of the Kennedys as Boston aristocracy...and he strikes a good balance between the personal and the political."
--Los Angeles Times
About the Author:
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Geoffrey Perret, in the first full-scale biography of John Kennedy in almost twenty years, sheds new light on the man' s mystique, his marriage and his all too brief presidency."
-- "GQ"
" Perret captures the paradox at Kennedy' s core: He was an idealist and a visionary who couldn' t or wouldn' t control his most adolescent urges."
-- "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
" Full of revelations...[Perret] does a good job deflating the erroneous image of the Kennedys as Boston aristocracy...and he strikes a good balance between the personal and the political."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
"A portrait of Kennedy that is thoroughly grounded in fact, free of partisan bias and believable."
--The New York Times Book Review "Geoffrey Perret, in the first full-scale biography of John Kennedy in almost twenty years, sheds new light on the man's mystique, his marriage and his all too brief presidency."
--GQ "Perret captures the paradox at Kennedy's core: He was an idealist and a visionary who couldn't or wouldn't control his most adolescent urges."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Full of revelations...[Perret] does a good job deflating the erroneous image of the Kennedys as Boston aristocracy...and he strikes a good balance between the personal and the political."
--Los Angeles Times
Geoffrey Perret was educated at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He was enlisted in the U.S. Army for three years and is the author of the acclaimed books Ulysses S. Grant and Eisenhower. He lives in England with his wife. From the Hardcover edition.
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- PublisherBrilliance Audio
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 145584019X
- ISBN 13 9781455840199
- BindingMP3 CD
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