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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dallek, Robert.     Subjects     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Friends and associates.     Cabinet officers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Political consultants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dallek, Robert.       by title:      Camelot's court : in...       by call number:      LP 973.922 D146c     Search the Web     Dallek, Robert.     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Friends and associates.     Cabinet officers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Political consultants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.       MARC Display

Camelot's court : inside the Kennedy White House / Robert Dallek. by Dallek, Robert. HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2013. Call #: LP 973.922 D146c Subjects Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.   Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Friends and associates.   Cabinet officers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Political consultants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963. ISBN:  9780062278555 (pbk.) 006227855X (pbk.) Edition:  First HarperLuxe large print edition. Description:  xvi, 735 pages (large print), [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [671]-732). Contents:  John F. Kennedy: prelude to a presidency -- Robert F. Kennedy: adviser-in-chief -- "A ministry of talent" -- "Never rely on the experts -- "Roughest thing in my life" -- Advice and dissent -- "The greatest adventure of our century" -- If we listen to them, none of us will be alive -- "Mankind must put an end to war" -- "The two of you did visit the same country, didn't you?" -- Epilogue: "What he is slated to become depends on us". Summary:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 973.922 D146c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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