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JFK: the path to power

Fredrik Logevall discusses the first volume of his major new biography of John F Kennedy

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Historian Fredrik Logevall discusses the first volume of his major new biography of John F Kennedy, exploring the US president’s upbringing and rise to political prominence.

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