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An Unfinished Life is the first authoritative single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963 (Dynasty)
May 4, 2004, Back Bay Books
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0316907928 9780316907927
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An Unfinished Life
2003, Little, Brown and Company
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0759598576 9780759598577
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An unfinished life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
2003, Thorndike Press
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An unfinished life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
2003, Little, Brown, and Co.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 1343-1357).
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"IN AUGUST 1947, John F. Kennedy traveled to Ireland."
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