The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940 - Rilegato

Swift, Will

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ISBN 10: 0061173568 ISBN 13: 9780061173561

Casa editrice: Collins, 2008

Riassunto

Presents a dramatic new interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy to explore his family's intricate relationships with their contemporaries in the United States and England, in an account that documents their years in London and their mythic rise to power. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“An admirably balanced assessment of an enormously complicated man who, wrongly but not ignobly, stood athwart history.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred)

“Elegantly written, delicately nuanced, this compelling account brings Joe Kennedy and his family to life.” (Bob Self, author of Neville Chamberlain: A Biography)

“A thoroughly revisionist but remarkably persuasive history of Joseph P. Kennedy’s years in London” (David Nasaw , author of Pulitzer Prize–nominee Andrew Carnegie)

“By wisely presenting pre-war London as a crucible in the [Kennedy] family history, [Swift] exposes the origin of many of the political, social, personal triumphs and tragedies that have cast the family—the father in particular—as a modern-day Lear.” (Lynne McTaggart , author of Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times, The Field and The Intention Experiment)

“Swift’s chronicle gives an impressive insight into the mechanics of government on both sides of the Atlantic.” (Anne De Courcy, author of 1939: The Last Season of Peace Anne De Courcy, author of 1939: The Last Season of Peace Anne De Courcy, author of 1939: The Last Season of Peace Anne De Courcy, author of 1939: The Last Season of Peace)

“Dr. Swift’s psychological insight into the Kennedy family members and their dynamics makes a major contribution to the Kennedy literature.” (Jane Vieth, professor of history, Michigan State University)

L'autore:

Will Swift, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, who has been writing about American leaders and British royalty of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for more than twenty years. He is the author of The Roosevelts and the Royals, which Blanche Wiesen Cook called "a splendid addition to our understanding of the extraordinary Anglo-American partnership," and which Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., called "an excellent book." Will Swift lives in New York City and at the Nathan Wild House in Valatie, New York.

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• Editore: Collins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061173568
• ISBN 13: 9780061173561
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 374