An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 838 pages. Illustrations. Sources. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some staining to edges & rear flyleaf, some wear to DJ edges. Robert A. Dallek (born May 16, 1934)[1] is an American historian specializing in the Presidents of the United States, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He retired as a history professor at Boston University in 2004 and previously taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Oxford University. He won the Bancroft Prize for his 1979 book Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945 as well as other awards for scholarship and teaching. Since 1996 Dallek has been a visiting professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and a professor of history at Boston University.
Dallek is a member of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. In 2003, Dallek published the New York Times Bestseller An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, the first major biography of John F. Kennedy in almost 40 years. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963 is a biography of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), who was assassinated in 1963. Robert Dallek researched JFK for five years, using National Security Archives, oral histories, White House tapes, and medical records in his preparations. Dallek contends that historians have underestimated JFK's achievements, especially with foreign policy. Dallek recounted Kennedy's medical problems which were controlled by drugs including antispasmodics and antibiotics. He used painkillers for his chronic back pain and other medication to treat his Addison's disease. He sometimes took up to eight medications a day. A committee of three Kennedy associates refused to give people his medical records for decades, but they decided to give Dallek access to them. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: John F. Kennedy, U.S. Presidents, JFK Assassination, Joseph Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, U.S. Senate, Catholic Church, Cuban Missiles, Robert F. Kennedy
ISBN: 0316172383
[Book #49470]
Price: $35.00