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First edition |
| Descript |
viii, 486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-468) and index |
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"Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917-2007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy, blazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to wartime London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historian--and a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner in his own right--Schlesinger redefined the art of presidential biography. A Thousand Days, his best-selling and immensely influential record of the Kennedy administration, cemented Schlesinger's place as one of the nation's greatest political image makers and a key figure of the American intellectual elite--a peer and contemporary of Reinhold Niebuhr, Isaiah Berlin, and Adlai Stevenson. The first major biography of this defining figure in Kennedy's Camelot, Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian presents a dramatic life and career set against the backdrop of the American Century. Biographer Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers to craft a portrait of the incandescently brilliant and controversial historian who framed America's ascent to global empire"--Publisher's description |
| Subject |
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
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Historiker
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Förenta staterna
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Biografier
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| Classmark |
973.07202
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| Add Title |
Imperial historian |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9780393244700 hbk |
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