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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (November 17, 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393301893
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393301892
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 7.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat Was He Really Like? Read This and Find Out
By Brenan R. Nierman on December 7, 2000
Format: Hardcover
President Kennedy once said that his favorite form of reading was biography, because it attempted to answer the question: what was he really like?
John F. Kennedy has been a hero of mine ever since I was a child, and this book, more than most, answers that question is a manner that is consistent with the historical record. Bradlee reveals a very human JFK in some of his more private moments, and helps us to better grasp what is, admittedly, beyond our grasp: the magic of the man.
Perfect he was certainly not; indeed, Kennedy probably had more foibles than most men. But he also had more gifts, and these he used to ultimately make the world a better place. While his actual accomplishments as president are rather meager, his most lasting legacy was a summons to excellence in the service of others, a conviction in the hearts of his countrymen that we can indeed do better, and the argument -- which has never been refuted -- that in reaching for the moon and the stars, and in setting sail on new seas, we find in the midst of a common human endeavor, the best of ourselves.
He was that kind of a president. This book makes it clear that he was a special, but flawed, kind of man.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne of the best books I've ever read
By A Customer on June 26, 2002
Format: Paperback
This book was truly a page turner. I was facinated by the intimate details and facts revealed by the author. It allowed me to see Kennedy as a man and not only as a legend. I would recomend this book whole heartedly to anyone interested in JFK. It is a book that is worth being read.
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4.0 out of 5 starsNot in his own words
By Shalom Freedman HALL OF FAME on October 17, 2006
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Bradlee, the Washington Post journalist and editor, was befriended by Kennedy months before the 1960 Presidential Campaign. They had in the next four years over one- hundred and fifty conversations, the paraphrases of which make up the heart of this volume. The method Bradlee uses is one which I found wanting, as it does not present the President so much in his own words, as in Bradlee's recountings of what those words were.

The book is best at giving an inside - view of the way friendship and politics go together, and often not - together in Washington. The lapses in the periods of conversation were due to Bradlee's being put in an occasional doghouse for writing in a way the White House did not enjoy.

The picture presented of the President if of a person of exceptional charm, and good intelligence who is nonetheless afflicted by countless petty considerations. For instance Bradlee reveals the President resented Jackie's mastery of languages, and even resented her star- status the night of the famous White House Broadcast in which she showed it redecorated to an American television - viewing audience.

The most painful and moving chapter is the last, the account of the President's assassination and especially of his widow's actions during this time. For anyone who was alive at the time and remembers the assassination it will be chilling to read this chapter.

Kennedy devotees will take pleasure in this book for each incidental story it gives about the President. I think though that for most readers the work will provide less than full satisfaction. One reason for this is that it's telling is quite bland, and instances of the famed Kennedy wit are not as frequent as they might be.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery good book on Kennedy the man, not the Camelot myth.
By A Customer on March 19, 1998
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Very interesting book on JFK by Ben Bradlee. Unlike most recent JFK books written by authors who never meet or knew JFK, Conversations with: is written by Bradlee who was a not only a close friend of JFK but was also a journalist. The insights into JFK the man, before the Camelot myth was started are facinating. A great book for anyone interested in what JFK was like as a person.
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5.0 out of 5 starsJohn Kennedy Up Close and Personal
By Barry Francis on February 13, 2014
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John F. Kennedy once said: "What makes journalism so fascinating and biography so interesting is the struggle to answer the single question: What's he like?" Ben Bradlee's 1975 book, Conversations with Kennedy, goes a long way to answering that question about Kennedy himself.

In it, Bradlee provides an intimate and highly personal account of how he and Kennedy met in 1958 when they were Washington neighbors and how their social and professional relationship developed over the next five years. They remained "good friends and off-the-record confidents" until Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Bradlee, who later guided the Washington Post as executive editor, was covering Washington for Newsweek Magazine at the time. His close relationship with Kennedy gave him privileged access to government information including tips that led to numerous "scoops." In turn, Kennedy pumped Bradlee about future Newsweek story treatments and tried in subtle ways to shape the news. Bradlee struggled to walk the fine line between personal friendship and journalistic integrity. Missteps in Kennedy's eyes led to temporary banishment from Camelot; but never for long.

Bradlee and his wife Tony received frequent invitations to attend White House functions and even to dine alone with the Kennedys (although invitations for the latter came late in the day with no prior warning). In addition to banquets and intimate dinners, these invitations included golf games, cruises on the Honey Fitz and the Presidential yacht Sequoia and at least one trip to Camp David.

In the process, the Bradlees and the Kennedys became very close. Jackie Kennedy even told Ben "You two really are our best friends.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 starsname dropping and uninteresting

From the title of the book I was looking for intimate and insightful conversations with President Kennedy. What I actually found were rather dull conversations of little interest. Read more

Published 1 month ago by GrammieB
5.0 out of 5 starsExactly what I'd expected and Bradlee was a good writer, too

Exactly what I'd expected and Bradlee was a good writer, too. Just enough humour in the serious books he wrote to keep them from becoming ho-hum. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Hellennemm
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Read. Front seat to history as only a friend could write it.

Nice to read honest insight into a complicated man.

Published 6 months ago by E. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Fully satisfied. Thx!

Published 7 months ago by Jim Semotan
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Informative about the Washington system of government and media.

Published 7 months ago by Jerry Cleveland
4.0 out of 5 starsThis is a quick read. Interesting for people who ...

This is a quick read. Interesting for people who remember the era. Both Kennedy and Bradlee were fascinating men.

Published 8 months ago by Sheila
4.0 out of 5 starsGlimpse of the "private" Kennedy.

Interesting insight into the "private" Kennedy who discussed many things with the incredibly talented Bradlee.

Published 8 months ago by Sailing Queen
5.0 out of 5 starsA must read.

Very good book with a new perspective about what he was really like.

Published 10 months ago by Roberta Sirks
3.0 out of 5 starsGood Read...

I learned two things about JFK that I hadn't known before. First, is that he was disparaging of liberals. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Dennis M. THOMAS
1.0 out of 5 starsPoorly written hatchet job on JFK and a big disappointment. I now...

Poorly written hatchet job on JFK and a big disappointment. I now understand why Bradley was an editor at the Washington Post-- he couldn't write. Read more

Published 11 months ago by US History Prof

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