The story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his sister had gained entrée to a group of young aristocrats. As Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britai...

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1. Verfasser:	Leaming, Barbara (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York [u.a.] Norton 2006
Ausgabe:	1. ed.
Schlagworte:	Kennedy, John F <1917-1963> - (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy, John F > (John Fitzgerald) > 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. > 1917-1963 Présidents - États-Unis - Biographies Présidents - États-Unis - Prise de décision Außenpolitik Politik Presidents > United States > Biography Presidents > United States > Decision making Politische Entscheidung États-Unis - Politique et gouvernement - 1961-1963 États-Unis - Relations extérieures - 1961-1963 USA United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963 United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963 Biografie Fiktionale Darstellung
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Zusammenfassung:	The story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his sister had gained entrée to a group of young aristocrats. As Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britain to resist Hitler before it was too late, Jack Kennedy formed bonds of friendship and family that would forever change his life and the course of American history. Drawing on many new primary sources, this book is the first to trace the arc of Kennedy's intellectual and political formation, and to detail the goals of his presidency as he saw them, giving an intimate picture of a leader torn between politics and principle, a president wrestling with private demons and unresolved conflicts dating back to the 1930s, when Churchill and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy were adversaries on the public stage.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:	The story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his sister had gained entrée to a group of young aristocrats. As Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britain to resist Hitler before it was too late, Jack Kennedy formed bonds of friendship and family that would forever change his life and the course of American history. Drawing on many new primary sources, this book is the first to trace the arc of Kennedy's intellectual and political formation, and to detail the goals of his presidency as he saw them, giving an intimate picture of a leader torn between politics and principle, a president wrestling with private demons and unresolved conflicts dating back to the 1930s, when Churchill and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy were adversaries on the public stage.--From publisher description. Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-491) and index
Beschreibung:	509 S., [16] Bl. Ill. 25 cm
ISBN:	0393051617 9780393051612