John F. Kennedy and a New Generation (3rd Edition)

In this biography David Burner explores the controversies successes and failures in the life and presidency of John F. Kennedy--and how he shaped the modern American consciousness. Burner discusses John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) as both an individual and a leader allowing the reader to examine the changes that took place in the American political and social systems as reflected in the hopeful days of Kennedys Camelot. Paperback brief and inexpensive each of the titles in the Library of American Biography series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.