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Rethinking Kennedy: An Interpretive Biography
Michael O'Brien
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Description for Rethinking Kennedy: An Interpretive Biography
hardcover. Noted John F. Kennedy historian O'Brien has distilled the findings of his heavily detailed biography of a few years ago into a compact life that touches on all the important issues and incorporates the findings and judgments of major works since the president's death. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
After an initial honeymoon with historians, in recent years John F. Kennedy has been more carefully scrutinized, resulting in a wide variety of assessments of his presidency and his life. Michael O'Brien, who knows as much about Kennedy as any historian now writing, has distilled the findings of his heavily detailed biography of a few years ago into a compact life that touches on all the important issues and incorporates the findings and judgments of major works since the president's death. He offers nuanced interpretations of the influence of Kennedy's parents, his early life, his struggles with health problems, his ... Read more
After an initial honeymoon with historians, in recent years John F. Kennedy has been more carefully scrutinized, resulting in a wide variety of assessments of his presidency and his life. Michael O'Brien, who knows as much about Kennedy as any historian now writing, has distilled the findings of his heavily detailed biography of a few years ago into a compact life that touches on all the important issues and incorporates the findings and judgments of major works since the president's death. He offers nuanced interpretations of the influence of Kennedy's parents, his early life, his struggles with health problems, his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566637909
SKU
V9781566637909
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About Michael O'Brien
Michael O'Brien's major biography, John F. Kennedy, based on eleven years of research into letters, diaries, financial papers, medical records, manuscripts, and oral histories, was published in 2005 to wide acclaim. Emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley, he lives in Menasha, Wisconsin.
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