Review of “JFK’s Last Hundred Days” by Thurston Clarke
Thurston Clarke’s “JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President” was published …
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Review of “President Kennedy: Profile of Power” by Richard Reeves
“President Kennedy: Profile of Power” by Richard Reeves was published in 1993. Reeves is a former journalist, syndicated columnist and …
Review of “A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy” by Thomas Reeves
“A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy” by Thomas C. Reeves was published in 1991. Reeves is …
Review of “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House” was published in 1965 and received a …
Review of “JFK: Reckless Youth” by Nigel Hamilton
Nigel Hamilton’s “JFK: Reckless Youth” was published in 1992 and was intended to be the first installment in projected three-volume …
Review of “JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy” by Herbert Parmet
“JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy” was published in 1983 and is the second book in a two-volume series …
Review of “Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy” by Herbert Parmet
Published in 1980, “Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy” is the first book in a two-volume series by historian …
Review of “Kennedy” by Theodore C. Sorensen
Theodore Sorensen’s “Kennedy” was published in 1965, little more than a year after JFK’s assassination. Sorensen served as chief legislative …
Review of “Jack: A Life Like No Other” by Geoffrey Perret
“Jack: A Life Like No Other” by Geoffrey Perret was published in 2001, two years following the release of his …
Review of “John F. Kennedy: A Biography” by Michael O’Brien
“John F. Kennedy: A Biography” by Michael O’Brien was published in 2005 after a decade of research which included access …
Review of “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy” by Robert Dallek
When it was published in 2003, Robert Dallek’s “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963” was the first full-scale, single-volume …
Searching for Camelot with John F. Kennedy
Rightly or wrongly, John F. Kennedy is the president who I’ve long suspected of being most undeservedly well-ranked by presidential …
The Best Biographies of Dwight Eisenhower
[Updated] Like many of the presidents whose lives I’ve explored during the past 4+ years, I found Dwight Eisenhower’s pre-presidency …
Review of “Eisenhower: Soldier and President” by Stephen Ambrose
Six years after completing his two-volume biography of Dwight Eisenhower, Stephen Ambrose authored an abridgement of the series: “Eisenhower: Soldier …
Review of “Eisenhower: The President” (Vol 2) by Stephen Ambrose
Published in 1984, “Eisenhower: The President” is the concluding volume in Stephen Ambrose’s series on the thirty-fourth president. Ambrose was …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 