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Camelot's court inside the Kennedy White House

Presidential historian 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. The author delivers a striking portrait of a leader whose wise resista...

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Main Author: Dallek, Robert
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Friends and associates.
United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963.
Cabinet officers > United States > History > 20th century.
Political consultants > United States > History > 20th century.
Political leadership > United States > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • John F. Kennedy: prelude to a presidency
  • Robert F. Kennedy: adviser-in-chief
  • "A ministry of talent"
  • "Never rely on the experts
  • "Roughest thing in my life"
  • Advice and dissent
  • "The greatest adventure of our century"
  • If we listen to them, none of us will be alive
  • "Mankind must put an end to war"
  • "The two of you did visit the same country, didn't you?"
  • Epilogue: "What he is slated to become depends on us".

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