In the Media
May 18: "Radio Times" on WHYY-FM (Philadelphia)
May 28: WBZ-AM (Boston) "Jordan Rich Show"
June 2: Wisconsin Public Radio's "Conversations with Kathleen Dunn"
June 13: WATD (Boston) with Rob Hakala
June 15: WTSR (Boston) with Mike Pomp
July 25: WKCT (Nashville) with Alan Palmer
Upcoming Events
June 11, 2005; 2:00pm ET
Kennedy Center Library
Boston, MA |
About the book
Let Every Nation Know is the first book of its kind—a historical biography in Kennedy’s own words. Combining a remarkable audio CD of Kennedy’s most famous speeches, debates and press conferences with the insights of two of America’s preeminent historians, the result is a unique look at the world-changing words and presidency of John F. Kennedy.
Robert Dallek, author of the #1 bestselling biography An Unfinished Life, and Terry Golway, author of Washington’s General, bring to life the soaring oratory, marvelous wit and the intense drama of Kennedy’s words and the events they evoke.
Listen to Audio Samples
A Nuclear Sword of Damocles: Address to the UN General Assembly, September 25, 1961 [excerpt].
Kennedy’s speech reflected the awful tensions of the moment. After first paying tribute to the fallen UN leader, Dag Hammarskjold, JFK turned to the role the world organization had to play in resolving profound differences that separated the world’s great powers.
The Arts and Politics: Remarks at Amherst College, October 26, 1963 [excerpt].
This speech was not a mere eulogy for poet Robert Frost, but a larger tribute to the role of art and culture in the life of a great nation. And it is this larger purpose that gives the speech a place in the Kennedy canon.
Reviews
“In Let Every Nation Know, Robert Dallek and Terry Golway reveal the language, style, and intelligence of John Fitzgerald Kennedy to a new generation. Words are the tools of politics—and this marvelous work again lets us hear a master wield them with the skill and passion that made him great.”
—Joe Conason, journalist and author of The Hunting of the President and Big Lies
“I had forgotten just how powerful these speeches were, but the CD brings them to life once more and Dallek and Golway have done a masterful job of putting them into context.”
—Bob Schieffer, CBS News
“Nothing short of terrific… 34 tracks in all, and they deliver a superb sense of the man and his charismatic style. The insightful commentary adds a powerful complement… Researchers will find this work invaluable, but more casual readers (and listeners) will be fascinated as well.”
— Booklist (starred)
“This work illuminates the importance of public address to the success and reputation of presidents and shows that Kennedy mastered this art.”
— Library Journal
“Painstakingly, the authors lay out the parameters of real politics that lay behind particular phrases and positions. In the end, the reader/listener is even more impressed with JFK after learning the backgrounds and contexts and then hearing Kennedy so lucidly express the words.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Worthy of emulation” — Kirkus |
