Author

Publication

1996 - Longman, Harlow, England, England

Language

English

Word Count

62,250 words, Guess

Page Count

249 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivekennedy0000brog_g7q5
  • ISBN-100582437490
  • ISBN-139780582437494
  • LibraryThing1251160
  • Goodreads1214287
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC973.922/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE842 .B75 2000
and 2 more
  • LCCE842.B75 2000
  • LCCE842 .B75 2013eb

Description

Hugh Brogan's trenchant Profile is a study of the Kennedy Presidency, not a full-scale political biography (and still less an intimate personal portrait). In order to understand Kennedy's aims and achievements in the White House, however, it necessarily pays attention to Kennedy the man, and reviews his background and earlier career, and the influences upon him. Brogan concentrates on the major themes: Kennedy's successful candidacy for office; his foreign policy; his part in the civil rights revolution; his handling of economic affairs; his agenda as a reformer; and, of course, the significance of his murder. Hugh Brogan succeeds admirably in his object of presenting Kennedy as a credible statesman and human being, not as a figure of legend - nor, in the modern way, as a figure of legend to be debunked.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • KennedyLongman1996-01-01

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