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Inside the Kennedy White House
Harper
October 2013
On Sale: October 8, 2013
525 pages
ISBN: 006206584X
EAN: 9780062065841
Kindle: B00BATEIBC
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Non-Fiction History
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination,
presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York
Times calls “Kennedy’s leading biographer,” delivers a
riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle
of advisors—their rivalries, personality clashes, and
political battles. In Camelot’s Court, 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. Kennedy purposefully put
together a dynamic team of advisors noted for their
brilliance and acumen, including Attorney General Robert
Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Secretary of
State Dean Rusk, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy,
and trusted aides Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger. Yet
the very traits these men shared also created sharp
divisions. Far from being unified, this was an uneasy band
of rivals whose ambitions and clashing beliefs ignited fiery
internal debates. Robert Dallek illuminates a
president deeply determined to surround himself with the
best and the brightest, who often found himself disappointed
with their recommendations. The result, Camelot's Court:
Inside the Kennedy White House, is a striking portrait
of a leader whose wise resistance to pressure and adherence
to principle offers a cautionary tale for our own time.
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