Robert Dallek Bücher

Das Standardwerk über eine der Ikonen des 20. Jahrhunderts Robert Dallek konnte für seine große Kennedy-Biographie mit einer kleinen Sensation aufwarten. Als erster hatte er Zugang zu bislang verschlossenen Archiven, und neben zahlreichen weiteren neuen Quellen standen ihm erstmals Kennedys Krankenakten zur Verfügung. So war er in der Lage, ein um entscheidende Facetten ergänztes Bild des amerikanischen Präsidenten zu zeichnen. Nur wenigen Eingeweihten etwa war bis dahin bekannt, wie krank Kennedy während seines gesamten Lebens wirklich gewesen war. In seiner meisterhaften Erzählung liefert Dallek überdies faszinierende neue Details über Kennedys Aufstieg, die Zusammenarbeit mit seinem Bruder Robert und seinem Vize Lyndon B. Johnson, über das Schweinebucht-Abenteuer, die Auseinandersetzungen mit den amerikanischen Bürgerrechtlern und die Kubakrise. „Eine der besten Biographien, sprachlich und dramaturgisch wohltuend komponiert.“ Süddeutsche Zeitung „Ein glänzendes Werk, brillant, ausgewogen, faktensatt.“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Let Every Nation Know is the first book of its kind-a historical biography in Kennedy's own words. Combining a remarkable audio CD of Kennedy's most famous speeches, debates and press conferences with the insights of two of America's preeminent historians, the result is a unique look at the world-changing words and presidency of John F. Kennedy. Robert Dallek, author of the #1 bestselling biography An Unfinished Life, and Terry Golway, author of Washington's General, bring to life the soaring oratory, marvelous wit and the intense drama of Kennedy's words and the events they evoke. "I had forgotten just how powerful these speeches were but the CD brings them to life once more and Dallek and Golway have done a masterful job of putting them into context."-Bob Schieffer, CBS News

Updated edition of the authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.Dallek also discloses that, while labouring to present an image of robust good health, Kennedy was secretly in and out of hospitals throughout his life, soill that he was administered last rites on several occasions. He never shies away from Kennedy's weaknesses, but also brilliantly explores his strengths. The result is a full portrait of a bold, brave and truly human John F. Kennedy.

Meticulously researched and authoritative ... Roosevelt is with us again in Dallek's outstanding cradle-to-grave study Douglas Brinkley Washington Post číst celé

As the Obama Administration struggles to define its strategy for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Dallek's critical and compelling look at Truman, Churchill, Stalin, and other world leaders in the wake of World War II not only offers important historical perspective but provides timely insight on America's course into the future.

Mass-market edition of the first authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy. Dallek also discloses that, while labouring to present an image of robust good health, Kennedy was secretly in and out of hospitals throughout his life, soill that he was administered last rites on several occasions. He never shies away from Kennedy's weaknesses, but also brilliantly explores his strengths. The result is a full portrait of a bold, brave and truly human John F. Kennedy.

Flawed Giant --the monumental concluding volume to Robert Dallek's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson--provides the most through, engrossing account ever published of Johnson's years in the national spotlight. Drawing on hours of newly released White House tapes and dozens of interviews with people close to the President, Dallek reveals LBJ as a visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no chief executive before or since, and also displays the depth of his private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. Writing in a clear, thoughtful, and evenhanded style, Dallek reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to ascend to the White House.

Chronicles John F. Kennedy's childhood, wartime actions, political campaigns, presidency, marriage and personal life, and health, revealing insights into his life from new documents, archives, and firsthand sources.