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xii, 492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Presidential historian 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. The author delivers a striking portrait of a leader whose wise resistance to pressure and adherence to principle offers a cautionary tale for our own time.
John F. Kennedy: prelude to a presidency -- Robert F. Kennedy: adviser-in-chief -- "A ministry of talent" -- "Never rely on the experts -- "Roughest thing in my life" -- Advice and dissent -- "The greatest adventure of our century" -- If we listen to them, none of us will be alive -- "Mankind must put an end to war" -- "The two of you did visit the same country, didn't you?" -- Epilogue: "What he is slated to become depends on us".
Includes bibliographical references and index.