Dallek reveals for the first time the full story of Kennedy's wartime actions - including the machinations that got him into the war despite severe disabilities - and the true details of how Joe was killed, opening the door to Jack's ascendancy. Forced into the shadow of his older brother, Joe, Jack struggled to find a place for himself until World War II, when he became a national hero and launched his career. In a tale that stretches back to Ireland, An Unfinished Life describes the birth of the Kennedy dynasty, the complexity of Jack's early years, and the mixture of adulation and resentment that tangled his relationships with his mother, Rose, and his father, Joseph. Drawing upon firsthand sources, freshly unearthed documents, and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency, and his legacy. Drawing from an archive of previously unavailable information, Dallek paints a brilliant portrait of a legendary president who was bold, brave, and ultimately human. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades. In An Unfinished Life, Dallek offers the first authoritative, single-volume story of the life of John F. It was written by Bancroft Prize-winning historian Robert Dallek, a prominent History professor at Boston University. Kennedy (JFK), who was assassinated in 1963. An Unfinished Life is the first authoritative single-volume life of John F. Kennedy, 19171963 is a 2003 biography of the 35th president of the United States, John F.
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