Kennedy's Only Hero How JFK's Obsession with Winston Churchill Defined His Presidency

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Kennedy's Only Hero How JFK's Obsession with Winston Churchill Defined His Presidency | 26.11 MB

Title: Kennedy's Only Hero How JFK's Obsession with Winston Churchill Defined His Presidency
Author: Joel Nelson
Category: British, Political, 20th Century
Language: English | 144 str. Pages | ISBN: 9781541705456


Description:
The surprising story of how John F. Kennedy's obsession with Winston Churchill defined his life, transformed his politics, and helped elevate him to the nation's highest office.
"A fascinating and discerning exploration of how one iconic twentieth-century leader helped shape the rhetoric and political persona of another." -Fredrik Logevall, author of JFK
Winston Churchill remains one of the modern age's most revered leaders. His life has been the subject of decades of mythmaking and scrutiny, and yet few know the powerful sway he had over another twentieth-century political icon-John F. Kennedy. Drawing on deep wells of unpublished archival material, Kennedy's Only Hero uncovers Kennedy's obsession with Churchill, whose career, policies, writings, and even daily habits profoundly shaped the future president.
Kennedy discovered Churchill's books as a teenager and by his early twenties had become an unswerving believer in his...