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Camelot´s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
Robert Dallek
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Description for Camelot´s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
Paperback. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2013 by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls Kennedy's leading biographer, delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors-their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration-including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam-were indelible. Kennedy purposefully put together a dynamic team of advisors noted for their brilliance and acumen, including Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Secretary ... Read more
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls Kennedy's leading biographer, delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors-their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration-including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam-were indelible. Kennedy purposefully put together a dynamic team of advisors noted for their brilliance and acumen, including Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Secretary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062065858
SKU
V9780062065858
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About Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek is the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 and Nixon and Kissinger, among other books. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Reviews for Camelot´s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
Dallek's portraits of advisers including Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Walt Rostow are lapidary, and it is difficult to quarrel with his judgments.
The New York Times Book Review Dallek is an assiduous digger into archives... The story of how a glamorous but green young president struggled with conflicting and often bad advice while trying to avoid nuclear ... Read more
The New York Times Book Review Dallek is an assiduous digger into archives... The story of how a glamorous but green young president struggled with conflicting and often bad advice while trying to avoid nuclear ... Read more