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About the Author

Hugh Sidey joined the LIFE magazine staff in 1955 & began reporting on the White House in 1957. He has been writing his column "The Presidency" for TIME since 1966. Sidey has served as the president of the White House Historical Association since 1998 & in 2000 was featured as the narrator & mostrar mais interviewer in the popular PBS television series The American President. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Associated Works

Our Call to Arms: The Attack on Pearl Harbor (2001) — Introdução — 161 exemplares
Life: Remembering Jackie (1994) — Introdução — 84 exemplares
JFK for a New Generation (1996) — Prefácio — 13 exemplares
Growing up in the Midwest (1981) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Iowa the American Heartland (1981) — Introdução — 4 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Sidey, Hugh
Data de nascimento
1927-09-03
Data de falecimento
2005-11-21
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Greenfield, Iowa, USA
Local de falecimento
Paris, France
Educação
Iowa State University (Iowa State College)
Ocupações
journalist
Organizações
Life
Time
Creighton University

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Críticas

When reading this book 10 or 15 years ago the author conveyed to me that John F Kennedy was the right leader at the time. Reading it I am less impressed. The author presents a sort of hagiography, plenty of nice things to say about him (and his wife and family) and very little of the other facts, other than that he got grumpy and implying that he lied a bit to cover up bad language.
Missing is the underhand ways in which he came to power (i.e. Daley and Chicago), his links to unsavoury people and his extra-martial affairs (to put it politely - Trump's got nothing on JFK).
However, it's a very good essay of the presidency of John Kennedy. The book was completed prior to the assassination in Dallas, but this was included with little comment in the last few pages. It stood too close to the events of the previous three years to grasp to importance and weight of what the world was going through at the time. It's also unable to reflect on the missteps that were probably in relation to Vietnam - it was JFK that pulled USA and many other countries into the war.
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robeik | Jan 23, 2019 |
A great collection of current affairs writing and anecdotes.
 
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gmillar | Sep 14, 2018 |
I loved the pictures but I don't think it represented the ethnicity that is now found in Iowa - 150 years should have helped us to realize that all of the people who live here have made an impact on the history of Iowa.
 
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mmoj | 2 outras críticas | Aug 16, 2015 |
I loved the pictures but I don't think it represented the ethnicity that is now found in Iowa - 150 years should have helped us to realize that all of the people who live here have made an impact on the history of Iowa.
 
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mmoj | 2 outras críticas | Aug 16, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
17
Also by
10
Membros
425
Popularidade
#57,429
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
9
ISBN
19
Línguas
2

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