JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956

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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 is a major biographical study of John F. Kennedy’s early life and political rise, situating his development within the broader currents of mid-20th-century American and world history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biography
book
about American Century concept
Kennedy family NERFINISHED
U.S. Cold War origins
U.S. political culture in the 1940s and 1950s
author Fredrik Logevall NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesEvent John F. Kennedy’s World War II service
John F. Kennedy’s childhood
John F. Kennedy’s early political campaigns
John F. Kennedy’s education
John F. Kennedy’s election to Congress
John F. Kennedy’s election to the U.S. Senate
examinesTheme American domestic politics in the mid-20th century
U.S. foreign policy in the mid-20th century
formation of John F. Kennedy’s political ideas
role of the Kennedy family in U.S. politics
focusesOnPeriodOfLife early life of John F. Kennedy
political rise of John F. Kennedy
followedBy second volume of Fredrik Logevall’s JFK biography
genre historical biography
political biography
hasFormat audiobook
ebook
hardcover
historicalContext mid-20th-century American history
mid-20th-century world history
language English
mainSubject John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
notableFor archival research on John F. Kennedy’s early life
placing John F. Kennedy in broad international context
partOf two-volume biography of John F. Kennedy
publicationDate 2020
publisher Random House NERFINISHED
Random House Publishing Group NERFINISHED
setInPlace Europe NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
setInTime World War II era
early Cold War era
subjectOccupationContext American politics
subjectOf reviews in major newspapers
targetAudience readers of political history
readers of presidential biographies
timeSpanCovered 1917–1956

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Fredrik Logevall notableWork JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956