EDWARD KENNEDY: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY
Book ID/图书代码： 07633010B39226
English Summary/英文概要： EDWARD KENNEDY is richly laden with startling disclosures -- like the definitive version of the incident at Chappaquiddick, which Kennedy described to Hersh shortly after the tragedy. He also includes previously unpublished material, from the unacknowledged but intriguing personal history of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned in Kennedy’s car, to the character of Kennedy’s relationship with love interest Helga Wagner, whom he telephoned repeatedly from his Edgartown motel room after the accident.
Additionally, Hersh provides the first full report of the vendetta that developed between Kennedy and Richard Nixon, describing the behind-the-scenes manipulations that Kennedy employed to eventually drive Nixon from office during the Watergate scandal.
In this fearless portrayal, Hersh has not hesitated to examine both the matchless achievements and the sometimes out-of-control private life of this legislative giant.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在參議院供職近半個世紀，被譽為美國近代最偉大的議員
見證了十位美國總統的任期；被奧巴馬稱為“導師”
傳奇的甘迺迪九兄妹中最後一個男丁；“家族詛咒”中唯一的倖存者
他是愛德華•甘迺迪，政治世家的不朽尾音
在愛德華•甘迺迪逝世一周年之際，著名歷史學家Burton Hersh為世人揭開了這位政壇傳奇人物最鮮為人知的生平。
50多年的研究，數度採訪與深入，美國政壇奇人愛德華•甘迺迪的奇聞軼事終於浮出水面。
愛德華•甘迺迪是甘迺迪家族的三大政治家中最年輕、看上去最有前途的一位，卻沒有競選上總統，這主要緣於一起車禍，這就是查帕奎迪克島事件。當時他在麻塞諸塞州查帕奎迪克鎮參加一個集會後晚上開車回家，途中車子沖入橋下，他成功逃生，但延遲報案，導致車上另一名女子瑪麗•科佩克尼死亡。
作者Hersh在這部傳記中首度披露了從未公佈於世的部分資料，其中包括了這場事故中的遇難者——瑪麗•科佩克尼不為人知的秘密，以及事發後曾與甘迺迪頻繁通話的女子海爾格•瓦格納。
此外，Hersh首次公開了甘迺迪與理查•尼克森之間的家族恩怨，深度揭秘甘迺迪在水門事件中將尼克森趕下臺的幕後始末。
愛德華•甘迺迪，美國近代最偉大的議員，他的豐功偉績流芳千古，他也曾因醜聞屢受波折，Hersh將在這部傳記中揭露這位政壇傳奇人物最鮮為人知的生平！
《愛德華•甘迺迪：私密傳記》首度獨家披露
• FBI相關資料顯示，甘迺迪常年受到死亡恐嚇
• 甘迺迪對婦女墮胎權的宣導遭到來自各界的炮轟，其中也包括了他的姐姐尤尼斯•甘迺迪以及羅馬教皇。
• 1980年美國總統大選，Hersh零距離接觸甘迺迪，直擊現場，並解釋了他選舉失敗的原因。
• 教育藍圖的內幕，布希與國會通過了《不讓一個兒童落後法》，然而此法案的不妥最終導致了甘迺迪在攻打伊拉克的提案中投了反對票。(Ruby)
Awards/获奖情况：Praise for Edward Kennedy
“For readers exhausted at the thought of another Ted Kennedy biography, this one is beautifully written and exquisitely detailed with plenty of new material drawn from investigation and interviews with Kennedy and his family, friends, and colleagues, as well as some impressions by historian Hersh, a friend of Kennedy’s since childhood. There’s the family history: driven Joe Kennedy, about whose philosophy of cutthroat competition, Hersh writes: “Nothing here the Corleones wouldn’t rubber-stamp.” Ted was born last in a large brood of overambitious, outsize personalities, so he developed the skills for gregariousness and conciliation that would serve him well in politics. All the usual history is here: the dirty politics of each Kennedy’s career climb, the assassinations of John and Robert, Ted’s stoic taking up of the Kennedy mantle, Chappaquiddick, the drinking, the affairs, and redemption, but it is fleshed out with previously undisclosed ruminations by Kennedy and the people who knew him well. Hersh also offers new insights on the accident that nearly destroyed Kennedy’s political life, the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne. Part 1 contains mesmerizing analysis of the personal dynamics between the famous Kennedy brothers and Ted’s self-doubts and eventual mastery of the political game. Part 2 focuses on Kennedy’s growth in the powerful position of “shadow president,” the man who, though he failed to achieve what at one time had been considered inevitable, nevertheless wielded enormous political power and influence. Totally riveting.” —Booklist (starred review)
“In the end it was Ted Kennedy, the scapegrace kid brother, who stood for something, passed important laws, defended liberal principles, and had the most substantial career. No one has known Teddy longer, followed that career more closely, or written more seriously or at greater length about the last Kennedy than Burton Hersh. His new book on Teddy draws on all its predecessors and adds substantial new material to create a magisterial political biography of the Kennedy who added real substance to the fleeting promise of his brothers.” —Thomas Powers
“I think your readers will enjoy the trip. As a would-be historian, I was much impressed by the extent and depth of your research, by its specificity of detail, and by your skill in presenting a scene and pinpointing the Dramatis Personae . . . I think you are admirably even-handed. You have written a warts-and-all biography, not a hagiography, although you aren’t disloyal to your man. In the end, the hero eclipses the slob, but you don’t slight his moral infirmity and you present him without tears . . . let me commend the biography’s structure and thoroughness, its solidity and pace. I hope it gets the attention it deserves.” —Daniel Aaron, from a letter to the author
About the Author/作者介绍： Burton Hersh，一度被公認為愛德華•甘迺迪的首席傳記作者。他的作品包括了著名的《Bobby and J. Edgar》、《The Shadow President》、《The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA》、以及《The Mellon Family》(梅隆家族)。他也是一名經驗豐富的新聞工作者，曾在《Esquire》、《The Washingtonian》和《The New York Times》(紐約時報)等社任職。
Burton Hersh has long been regarded as Edward Kennedy’s principal biographer and is the author of such widely respected nonfiction as Bobby and J. Edgar, The Shadow President, The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA, and The Mellon Family. A veteran journalist, he has contributed to such publications as Esquire, The Washingtonian, and The New York Times
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