JACK: A LIFE LIKE NO OTHER
Book ID/图书代码： 03890004B05939
English Summary/英文概要： Previous biographies of John F. Kennedy have been based almost entirely on newspaper files and personal recollections. Geoffrey Perret’s Jack is both the first comprehensive one-volume biography of JFK and the first account of his life based on the extensive and important documentary record that has finally become available, including Kennedy’s personal diaries, hundreds of hours of taped conversations from the White House, recently declassified government documents, extensive family correspondence, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly forty years. The result is a gripping, accurate, and ultimately moving portrait of America’s most charismatic president.
Jack provides much-needed context and perspective on Kennedy’s bewilderingly complex personality. It offers an even-handed account of the seamy side of his life - orgies and abortions, health and drug problems - along with valuable insights into JFK’s truly idealistic and visionary character.
Jack presents a compelling account of the volatile relationship between Kennedy and his wife, including Jackie’s attempt to divorce him, move to Hollywood, and become a film star. At the same time Perret explains how, together, they created the Kennedy style.
Jack reveals how the restless, innovative Kennedy was able to overturn more than a hundred years of political tradition, forge the modern political campaign, and, once in the White House, modernize the presidency. His success was so complete that all serious presidential candidates since 1960 have sought to compare themselves to JFK, not challenging his legacy but embracing it.
Jack is filled, too, with numerous revelations, such as the true story behind the lobotomy of JFK’s sister Rosemary. And here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of Kennedy’s numerous and varied ailments from childhood on, including his back problems.
Perret describes how JFK got the two most important decisions of his administration right: his handling of the Cuban missile crisis and his stance on civil rights. As to Vietnam, Kennedy did not believe it was worth fighting for, and in the last months of his presidency he began formulating a secret plan for neutralization and withdrawal - if he won the 1964 election. But that, of course, was not to be: Convinced he would die young, Kennedy foresaw that a violent death would claim him. Throughout his brief time in the White House he was haunted by a vision of a man standing at a window, looking down at him, holding a rifle.
Jack: A Life Like No Other is a book like no other. Here, at last, John F. Kennedy seems to step off the page in all his vitality, charm, and originality.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 前一部约翰.肯尼迪的传记大多数是依靠报刊文件和个人回忆著成的。Geoffrey Perret的这一本Jack是关于肯尼迪的第一本全面的传记，也是根据大量的记录片报道第一次详细的叙述了他的人生，其中包括肯尼迪自己的日记，来自白宫的谈话录音带，近期的政府文件，大量的家庭信件以及四十年来许多重要的秘密会谈，这一切的一切都造就了一个美国历史上最具有超凡魅力的总统。Jack在对肯尼迪的复杂个性的描写上运用了大量的篇幅和观点，公正的描写了肯尼迪生活中丑恶的一面——他的纵欲、失败、健康和吸毒问题，同时也叙述了肯尼迪的空想主义和喜欢幻想的个性。Jack一书也为我们呈现了肯尼迪与他妻子之间起伏、动荡的关系以及他妻子原本想与他离婚，搬去好莱坞，成为一个电影明星的真实内幕，同时作者也解释了他们是如何一同来创造肯尼迪风格的。Jack一书还揭露了在白宫时期，不安于现状和勇于创新的肯尼迪是如何颠覆一百年来的政治传统，铸造了一幅近现代的崭新的政治篇章。他完全成功了，1960年以来所有的总统候选人都以肯尼迪为榜样。Jack一书还揭露了许多肯尼迪鲜为人知的故事，如肯尼迪的姐姐罗斯玛丽做前脑叶蛋白切除术的事。这里，作者第一次全面的描写了肯尼迪从孩童时期起，患上的很多、各式各样的疾病，包括他的背部问题。Perret还描写了肯尼迪是如何在他的行政权利问题上做出的两个最重要的决定：他是如何解决古巴导弹危机的以及他在民权中的立场。对于越南战争，肯尼迪觉得这是一场无谓的战争，在他任期的最后一个月里，他已明确叙述了对于越战的秘密计划。如果他能在1964年的大选中获胜，那么他将在越战中保持中立并从越南战场上撤军。当然，这一切都不可能实现了，他死的太早了，就好象这一切早就被他预料到了一样，因为在白宫的这段时期中，他常常饱受着幻影的折磨，他经常看见一个男人站在窗口，拿着步枪，轻视的看着他。Jack: A Life Like No Other是一本与众不同的传记，它记载着约翰.肯尼迪传奇般的人生。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Geoffrey Perret曾在美国哈佛大学和伯克利的加利福尼亚大学读过书，他参过三年军，也是尤利塞斯·格兰特（Ulysses S. Grant） 和艾森豪威尔（ Eisenhower 美国第三十四任总统）的作者，他和他的妻子居住在英格兰。
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