Camelot's court
Subtitle: inside the Kennedy White House
By: Robert Dallek
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 735
ISBN-13: 9780062278555
Subjects: Politics and government; Friends and associates; Political consultants; Political leadership; Large type books; Cabinet officers; History
Description: 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. He delivers a striking portrait of a leader whose wise resistance to pressure and adherence to principle offers a cautionary tale for our own time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [671]-732).
Table of contents: title: John F. Kennedy: prelude to a presidency; title: Robert F. Kennedy: adviser-in-chief; title: "A ministry of talent"; title: "Never rely on the experts; title: "Roughest thing in my life"; title: Advice and dissent; title: "The greatest adventure of our century"; title: If we listen to them, none of us will be alive; title: "Mankind must put an end to war"; title: "The two of you did visit the same country, didn't you?"; title: Epilogue: "What he is slated to become depends on us".