{"product_id":"9780061967849","title":"Kennedy: The Classic Biography","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSorensen, Ted\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A brilliant and essential document about the man, the President, and his times. In all the millions of words which have been written about the martyred President, this book must remain unique. . . . It is John F. Kennedy’s life, his personality, his thinking which informed his action and that action itself described with honest and candor which illuminate and enliven the crowded pages of this book. Sorensen has managed to portray Kennedy in realistic human terms and not as the hero of a myth. . . . It is the richness of detail, anecdotes, incidents, conversations, descriptions rather than any gossip or startling revelations which gives the book its compelling readability.”   —\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eclassic, intimate, and #1 national bestselling biography of JFK by his great\u003cbr\u003eadvisor Ted Sorensen. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1953, freshman senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts hired a\u003cbr\u003etwenty-four-year-old from Nebraska as his Number Two legislative assistant—on a\u003cbr\u003etrial basis. Despite the differences in their backgrounds, in the eleven years\u003cbr\u003ethat followed Ted Sorensen became known as Kennedy's intellectual blood bank,\u003cbr\u003etop policy aide, and alter ego. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the\u003cbr\u003ecandidate, and the president as no other associate did. From his role as a\u003cbr\u003elegislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, Sorensen was with him during\u003cbr\u003ethe key crises and turning points—including the spectacular race for the vice\u003cbr\u003epresidency at the 1956 convention, the launching of Kennedy's presidential\u003cbr\u003ecandidacy, the TV debates with Nixon, and election night at Hyannis Port. The\u003cbr\u003efirst appointment made by the new president was to name Ted Sorensen his\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Counsel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKennedy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eSorensen recounts failures as well as successes with surprising candor and\u003cbr\u003eobjectivity. He reveals Kennedy's errors on the Bay of Pigs, and his attitudes\u003cbr\u003etoward the press, Congress, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sorensen saw\u003cbr\u003efirsthand Kennedy's actions in the Cuban missile crisis, and the evolution of\u003cbr\u003ehis beliefs on civil rights and arms control. First published in 1965 and\u003cbr\u003ereissued here with a new preface, Kennedy is an intimate biography of an\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary man, and one of the most important historical accounts of the\u003cbr\u003etwentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803150340351,"sku":"9780061967849","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780061967849_s600x595.jpg?v=1781544301","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780061967849","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}