Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years - Couverture souple

Talbot, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743269195 ISBN 13 : 9780743269193

Editeur : Free Press, 2008

Synopsis

Brothers Acclaimed journalist Talbot tells in a riveting, well-researched narrative just how explosively alienated the Kennedy administration had been from its own national security apparatus, and reveals that Robert Kennedy had planned to open an investigation into his brother's assassination. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'To anyone brought up on the sickly tale of the Camelot court of the Kennedys, it's easy to forget quite how many Americans hated and still hate the family... So, if you're looking for people who might have helped Lee Harvey Oswald kill JFK in 1963, or Sirhan Sirhan kill RFK in 1968, there is no shortage of suspects'
Sunday Telegraph 10/6
'The lives of John and Bobby Kennedy have been raked over many times in the past, but Talbot's new account shades in details that other biographers have missed thanks to declassified documents and his choice of interviewees. His revelations show the extent to which the Kennedy administration was plotted against by its own national security apparatus, and the clandestine motives behind the Bay of Pigs'
The Herald (Glasgow) 16/6
'Talbot's interviews with the swindling band of courtiers from the Kennedy Camelot provide some new insights into the hopes so brutally destroyed by the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and [Talbot] does find a new perspective from which to tell the all-too familiar story'
Sunday Times 24/6
'An ideal read for anyone interested in the 1960s and its parallels with today'
Sunday Business Post (Ireland) 17/6
'The book's great strength lies in its ability to instil the same awe of the brothers in the reader. On reaching the tragic conclusion, one experiences and understands the trauma of their deaths, 40 years on'
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly, August
‘Brothers brilliantly evokes the Kennedys and their court – a brash yet idealistic fraternity reminiscent of Mad Men and The West Wing- expertly researched through inner-circle interviews, the book suggests a conspiracy was also behind Bobby’s murder in 1968, and names two spooks who Talbot believes were part of the JFK Dallas plot’
Guardian 14/6
'Riveting, disturbing and sometimes unbearably sad'
Irish Times 20/9

Quatrième de couverture :

'A new perspective... the work of a fine investigtive journalist' The Times
For decades, books about John or Robert Kennedy have woven either a shimmering tale of Camelot gallantry or a tawdry story of runaway ambition and reckless personal behaviour. But the real story of the Kennedys in the 1960s has long been submerged - until now. In Brothers: A Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, David Talbot sheds dramatic new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its stunning aftermath.
Based on interviews with more than 150 people - including many of the Kennedys' own 'band of brothers' - as well as newly released government documents, Brothers tells the compelling, untold story of the Kennedy years, including JFK's heroic efforts to keep the country out of cataclysmic war and Bobby Kennedy's secret quest to solve his beloved brother's murder.
Meticulously researched and movingly told, Brothers is a sprawling narrative about the clash of powerful men and the darker side of the Cold War - a tale of tragic grandeur that is certain to change our understanding of the relentlessly fascinating Kennedy saga.
'Fascinating' Tim Guest, Start the Week
'Talbot's new account shades in details that other biographers have missed thanks to declassified documents and his choice of interviewees. His revelations show the extent to which the Kennedy administration was plotted against by its own national security apparatus, and the clandestine motives behind the Bay of Pigs' Glasgow Herald
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Free Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0743269195
• ISBN 13: 9780743269193
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496