Books with author John Kennedy Vaughan

John F. Kennedy had long been interested in the topic of political courage, beginning with his senior thesis at Harvard. The thesis, later published as Why England Slept, was a study of the failure of British political leaders in the 1930s to oppose popular resistance to rearming, leaving the country ill-prepared for World War II. Profiles in Courage, which Kennedy dedicated to his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, received the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957.

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, Harper & Brothers, 1956, First Edition BOOK CLUB EDITION. This copy has the picture of President Kennedy on the rear cover by Hank Walker. On The Cover are the words "Decisive Moments in The Lives of Celebrated Americans." In 1954-1955, Senator Kennedy's active role in the affairs of the nation was interrupted for the better part of a year by his convalescence from an operation to correct a disability incurred as skipper of a World War II torpedo boat. He used his "idle" hours to rediscover, and do intensive research on, the courage and patriotism of a handful of Americans who revealed a special sort of greatness. This Book was the result. A Powerful and Moving Novel!