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    Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House

    By Robert Dallek

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 8, 2013
    ISBN9780062065865
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    Robert Dallek

    Robert Dallek is the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 and Nixon and Kissinger, among other books. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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    • 3/5
      I have read so may books about the Kennedy's, the Kennedy presidency and politics, maybe I have gotten a bit jaded. Perhaps I have over-read the subject. I freely admit that is entirely possible. Maybe in some little corner of my heart, I hope for a different ending to it all? Of course, that can't happen. History is what it is, and no amount of reading or searching is going to bring a different outcome.Despite his personal failings and foibles, despite his poor health and overbearing but intelligent family, I think that if JFK had been given more time, this country might have gone in a different direction. The years when the Kennedy brothers died, and Martin Luther King was killed seemed to draw a dark cloud over the country that took a long time to disperse. Senseless losses to families and to the country. Good men, gone too soon.. we know all the cliches, but sadly, they are true.I feel that this book gives a good overview of the time spent in the White House, his cabinet and advisors, and of course, the issues that JFK faced. I also feel that it has all been done before. So, here I have given one star more than I originally planed. I gave the star to encourage those who have read less, researched less and experienced less of those dark years. The facts are here, and they are clearly written. It is also a dry read, not as compelling as some other books on this subject. If it is facts you want, read this, the facts are here. The story is here. It is rather textbook like in its presentation, in my opinion. But this is a period worth learning about and a book worth reading.
    • 4/5
      Interesting take on the Kennedy administration, focusing on the advisers and officials of the administration.