| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Kennedy confidence -- Ambassador -- Rotten row -- Wonderful time -- Worthy successor -- Peace with honor -- Unrelenting antagonism -- Era ending -- Upstart ignoramus -- Fortune subsiding -- Combination of the Holy Ghost and Jack Dempsey -- Charades -- Jackals and betrayers -- Dummy -- "Democracy is all finished in England" -- Neither one thing nor another -- Most dangerous thing there is -- Backwater -- Rather like Choate -- "Shafty" Kennedy -- Tulagi -- Life in addition to fortune knows God -- Survival time -- Great deal in the way of death -- Just like Lazarus -- Squaring the circle -- Anvil -- Nothing will ever be the same -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
A fascinating portrait of the Kennedy family during World War II follows the family from London in the 1930s through the end of the war, offering fresh perspectives on JFK, his older brother Joe, Jr., his father Joseph, and his socialite sister Kathleen. |
| Subject |
Kennedy family.
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Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
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Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1915-1944.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948.
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Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
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London (England) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
038550165X |
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9780385501651 |
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