"A must-read for fans of presidential history." -- USA TODAY "Splendid...a gripping, authoritative campaign history." -- The Boston Globe "Terrific...a tougher and more balanced account of the long campaign than anybody's written yet." -- The Christian Science Monitor A behind-the-scenes,...
A "provocative reconstruction of John F. Kennedy's 'five-year campaign' for the White House" ( The New Yorker ), beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956 and culminating when he plotted his way to the presidency and changed the way...