The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963Harper Collins, 15.10.2002 - 928 Seiten The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ... |
Inhalt
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THE GREASE OF POLITICS | 271 |
THE GOLDEN FLEECE | 298 |
ARISTOCRATIC INSTINCTS | 323 |
LIVES IN FULL SUMMER | 571 |
DANGEROUS GAMES | 596 |
A HELL OF A BURDEN TO CARRY | 620 |
THE KNOT OF WAR | 643 |
THE BELLS OF LIBERTY | 664 |
THE ADRENALINE OF ACTION | 688 |
TO LIVE IS TO CHOOSE | 715 |
REQUIEM FOR A PRESIDENT | 738 |
THE PURSUIT OF POWER | 353 |
THE RITES OF AMBITION | 378 |
A SIN AGAINST GOD | 402 |
A PATRIOTS SONG | 432 |
Book Three | 469 |
THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED | 471 |
THE ROAD TO GIRÓN BEACH | 494 |
A COLD WINTER | 522 |
BOBBYS GAME | 553 |
SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS | 745 |
NOTES | 749 |
MR AMBASSADOR | 760 |
A BROTHERS | 768 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 829 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 847 |
INDEX | 853 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 472 - In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it.
Seite 471 - Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage...
Seite 444 - I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote...
Seite 397 - I am going to my Father's, and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles who now will be my rewarder.
Seite 711 - I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream...
Seite 711 - I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Seite 473 - And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Seite 328 - I am frankly of the belief that no amount of American military assistance in Indochina can conquer an enemy which is everywhere and at the same time nowhere, 'an enemy of the people' which has the sympathy and covert support of the people.
Seite 534 - In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.