书目

Profiles in Courage[勇气档案]

内容简介

Writtenin1955bythethenjuniorsenatorfromthestateofMassachusetts,JohnF.Kennedy'sProfilesinCourageservedasaclarioncalltoeveryAmerican.TheinspiringtrueaccountsofeightunsungheroicactsbyAmericanpatriotsatdifferentjuncturesinournation'shistory,Kennedy'sbookbecamerequiredreading,aninstantclassic,andwasawardedthePulitzerPrize.Now,ahalf-centurylater,itremainsamoving,powerful,andrelevanttestamenttotheindomitablenationalspiritandanunparalleledcelebrationofthatmostnobleofhumanvirtues.Thisspecial"P.S."editionofProfilesinCouragecommemoratesthefiftiethanniversaryofthebook'spublication.Includedinthisnewedition,alongwithvintagephotographsandanextensiveauthorbiography,areKennedy'scorrespondenceaboutthewritingproject,contemporaryreviewsofthebook,aletterfromErnestHemingway,andtworousingspeechesfromrecipientsoftheProfileinCourageAward.

作者简介

JohnF.Kennedy(1917-1963)graduatedfromHarvardwithhonorsin1940andservedasaP.T.BoatCommanderintheSouthPacificduringWorldWarII.HewasdecoratedtwicebytheNavyfortheseriousinjurieshesufferedwhenhisboatwasrammedintwowhileattackingaJapanesedestroyerintheSolomons,andfor"hiscourage,enduranceandexcellentleadership"intowinginjuredmembersofhiscrewtosafety.Awriterandnewspaperman,Kennedyin1940wroteWhyEnglandSlept,abest-sellinganalysisofEngland'sunpreparednessforwar,termedbytheNewYorkTimes"anotabletextbookforourtimes."ThesonofJosephP.Kennedy,formerAmbassadortoGreatBritain,andthegrandsonofBoston'sone-timeMayorandCongressmanJohnF.Fitzgerald,KennedywaselectedtoCongressin1946attheageoftwenty-nine,andre-electedin1948and1950.In1952hebecamethethirdDemocrateverelectedtotheSenatefromMassachusetts,receivingthelargestvoteeverpolledbyaSenatorinthehistoryofthestate.HewasPresidentoftheUnitedStatesfrom1961to1963.HewastheyoungestmaneverelectedtotheOvalOfficeandthefirstRomanCatholicPresident.

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