Richard Aldous Reviews the First Volume of Fredrik Logevall’s Biography of John F. Kennedy, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956
“The most important correction that Logevall develops is to the idea that Jack was a reluctant entrant into politics, grudgingly taking up the burden of Kennedy family ambition after the death of his older brother, Joe Jr., during World War II,” writes Aldous, Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature, in Foreign Policy. “Logevall writes with command and authority but also with an unstuffy brio. The research is extensive, taking advantage of the material now fully available in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library after decades of family defensiveness about releasing files into the public domain.”
Post Date: 10-19-2020
Post Date: 10-19-2020