The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power
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ISBN: 0316943851 / Publisher: Little Brown & Co, August 1985
In a chronicle of three generations of the Kennedy family in America, the noted journalist analyzes the Kennedy mystique and concludes that we are witnessing the inevitable fading of an impossible dream
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From one of America's Foremost Historians, The Kennedy Imprisonment is the definitive historical and psychological analysis of the Kennedy clan. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize, Garry Wills reveals a family that enjoyed public adulation but provided fluctuating leadership, that experienced both unparalleled fame and odd failures, and whose basic values ensnared its men in their own myths of success and masculinity. In the end, Wills demonstrates, the Kennedys' crippling conception of power touched every aspect of their public and private lives, including their relationships with women and world leaders. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes philosophical, The Kennedy Imprisonment is a book that is as true, insightful, and relevant as ever.
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