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Author Renehan, Edward, 1956-

Title The Kennedys at war, 1937-1945 / Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  920 R293    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B KENNEDY FAMILY R    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B KENNEDY FAMILY    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B KENNEDY    Check Shelf
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.
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1915-1944.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
London (England) -- Biography.
ISBN 038550165X
9780385501651
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