Abstract
What goes into the making of a president? To what extent are the mind and character of the American commander in chief determined by his background, his family — and his education? This article represents a transcript of two lectures Nigel Hamilton presented in the spring and fall of 1989 at the Massachusetts State Archives. They were derived from the preliminary sketches for the author's full-scale biography of John F. Kennedy, to be published by Houghton Mifflin in 1992 on the anniversary of the birth of the thirty-fifth president.
Recommended Citation
Hamilton, Nigel
(1990)
"JFK: The Education of a President,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol6/iss2/7