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The wounded Kennedy – and the people who gave him strength

New letters and a group biography by Robert Dallek help round out our portrait of John F. Kennedy

23 November 2013

9:00 AM

23 November 2013

9:00 AM

Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House Robert Dallek

HarperCollins, pp.492, £20

The Letters of John F. Kennedy Martin W. Sandler

Bloomsbury, pp.384, £20

Ten years ago, a determined historian transformed our picture of John F. Kennedy. Robert Dallek had finally got his hands on the president’s medical records and discovered just how big a part JFK’s constant health problems played in his life. Instead of a young, fit, athletic leader, Dallek revealed a man racked with pain, suffering from Addison’s disease and excruciating spinal damage and swallowing a daily pharmacy of drugs and potions.

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