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Camelot's Court
- Inside the Kennedy White House
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics & Activism
Non-member price: $57.05
Publisher's Summary
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls "Kennedy's leading biographer", delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors, their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration - including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam - were indelible.
Kennedy purposefully put together a dynamic team of advisors noted for their brilliance and acumen, including Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, and trusted aides Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger. Yet the very traits these men shared also created sharp divisions. Far from being unified, this was an uneasy band of rivals whose ambitions and clashing beliefs ignited fiery internal debates.
Robert Dallek illuminates a president deeply determined to surround himself with the best and the brightest, who often found himself disappointed with their recommendations. The result, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House, is a striking portrait of a leader whose wise resistance to pressure and adherence to principle offers a cautionary tale for our own time.
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- Joseph
- 17-10-2020
Okay
Not worth the read unless you are very interested specifically in the Vietnam War which predominates the book’s content. Not a good biographical resource on Kennedy.
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- D M BOYCE
- 17-09-2018
Essential
For one would knew quite well the Kennedy presidency this was a very enlightening endever. Would absolutely recommend this book and a good listen. Heartbreaking as looking back know ing the future it still remains worth the journey.
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- Larry David Fuller
- 25-11-2017
Flawed Men and Impossible Choices
An enduring picture of leadership and all that goes with it. I truly enjoyed it.
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- izic
- 17-03-2015
Incredibly in depth in the best and worst ways
The book is an intensely in depth look at the Kennedy White House's decision making process regarding almost exclusively Vietnam and Cuba. Though it is very detailed, it lacks the narrative appeal that "An Unfinished Life" possessed. As a big fan of nonfiction, American history, and JFK, this book was undoubtedly informative, but struck me as a bit dry, and focused almost entirely on the excruciating minutiae of what every person around Kennedy thought at every moment.
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- Tim
- 07-06-2017
Very interesting
A great insight but I really struggled to get through the last 3 hours. It does however finish with a great epilogue
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