Reeves, Richard. President Kennedy: Profile of Power. Touchstone, 1993.
Richard Reeves is best known as a writer, syndicated columnist, and producer of
several documentary films. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He was named "literary lion" by the New York
Public Library. Other awards for his writing include being a Pulitzer Prize finalist
and juror. Over the course of his career he has created six television films which were
also award winners. Reeves won an Emmy for his broadcast, "Lights, Camera,
Action," which aired on NBC. Richard Reeves was a Regent professor of
political science at UCLA from 1992-1994 and is currently a visiting professor in
communication at the University of Southern California.
The book, President Kennedy: Profile of Power is an account of John F.
Kennedy's short term of office, as United States President, from early 1961 until his
assassination in 1963. The sources of information the author, Richard Reeves, uses are
varied including White House files, interviews, documents, and recordings in order to
reestablish Kennedy's day to day life as president. The book is written to provide the
reader with a sequence of events, both national and international, which occurred during
Kennedy's approximate one thousand days in office. Reeves chooses a unique approach
to portraying this controversial president's life while he holds this most esteemed office.
The major events described in the book include The Bay of Pigs, Cuban missile crisis, The Vienna Summit, United States troops in VietNam, the riots and
demonstrations in our homeland, tax cuts, and his relationships with other politicians,
both local and abroad, as well as with celebrities and numerous women. The author
describes each of the complex decisions the presiden
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