JFK Biographies

[cawacko]

I've read many a Presidential biography but realized I've never read one on JFK. In doing some research I've seen a few folks say "An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy, 1917-1963" by Robert Dallek is the best.

Anyone read it? Is there another JFK biography to be recommended instead?

 

[anonymoose]

I've read many a Presidential biography but realized I've never read one on JFK. In doing some research I've seen a few folks say "An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy, 1917-1963" by Robert Dallek is the best.

Anyone read it? Is there another JFK biography to be recommended instead?

I’ve read enough over the years to feel like I don’t need to read a biography.
Him getting assassinated no doubt made him a saint like martyr.
He wasn’t around long enough to accurately assess his time in office.
He’s kind of a mixed bag IMO.

 

[serendipity]

I’ve read enough over the years to feel like I don’t need to read a biography.
Him getting assassinated no doubt made him a saint like martyr.
He wasn’t around long enough to accurately assess his time in office.
He’s kind of a mixed bag IMO.

I've always been intrigued with his secretaries cum sexual playmates Fiddle and Faddle. You had to admire the man his sexual stamina was truly amazing.

 

[Kafka]

I’ve read enough over the years to feel like I don’t need to read a biography.
Him getting assassinated no doubt made him a saint like martyr.
He wasn’t around long enough to accurately assess his time in office.
He’s kind of a mixed bag IMO.

I've heard that sentiment before. In some respects he was lionized moreso due to his tragic assassination at a time when the American public still felt some form of connection to the President. He was clearly a figure that had people who loved him and those who hated him. It is hard to tell if longer term he would have been a truly good president. He certainly was able to navigate the Cuban Missile Crisis but I don't really know how much of that was well-handled and skillful and how much was us catching a lucky break and the Soviets being the ones to blink.

He was the first to really dip our toes in Vietnam and he was kind of cut from that old-school cloth that would probably have continued that and done what Johnson did.

My curiosity is whether RFK would have been a good president or not.

It's really sad for America that we never got a chance to find out.

 

[Mason 22]

I've read many a Presidential biography but realized I've never read one on JFK. In doing some research I've seen a few folks say "An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy, 1917-1963" by Robert Dallek is the best.

Anyone read it? Is there another JFK biography to be recommended instead?

I read ,it have a copy ,it's an excellent book !
It's well worth reading.
Jack and Lem by David Pitts is an interesting read too

 

[signalmankenneth]

I like JFK's war exploits!

 

[Mason 22]

I like JFK's war exploits!
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You mean is exploits with Inga Binga?

 

[Lionfish]