Synopses & Reviews
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"This work illuminates the importance of public address to the success and reputation of presidents and shows that Kennedy mastered this art." Library Journal
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"The insightful commentary adds a powerful complement....[W]hen Kennedy tells Americans to ask what they can do for their country, the text makes clear how unusual such presidential calls for sacrifice are (even today)." Booklist
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"Useful for students of presidential history, and worthy of emulation." Kirkus Reviews
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"Perhaps the best of all the books on JFK. Jack speaks to us again across the years, in words still highly relevant to our times." Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Synopsis
Let Every Nation Know is the first book of its kind a historical biography in Kennedy's own words. Combining a remarkable audio CD of Kennedy's most famous speeches, debates and press conferences with the insights of two of America's preeminent historians, the result is a unique look at the world-changing words and presidency of John F. Kennedy. Robert Dallek, author of the #1 bestselling biography An Unfinished Life, and Terry Golway, author of Washington's General, bring to life the soaring oratory, marvelous wit and the intense drama of Kennedy's words and the events they evoke.
About the Author
Dallek is one of the most highly regarded historians in America, and the author of six books, including the acclaimed two-volume of Lyndon Johnson, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant. His Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy won the 1980 Bancroft Prize and was nominated for an American Book Award, and American Style of Foreign Policy was a 1983 New York Times Notable Book of the Year.