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Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History

door Ted Sorensen

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In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history.... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world's first nuclear confrontation. After Kennedy was assassinated, Sorensen stayed with President Johnson for a few months before leaving to write a biography of JFK. In 1968 he returned to Washington to help run Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. Through it all, Sorensen never lost sight of the ideals that brought him to Washington and to the White House, working tirelessly to promote and defend free, peaceful societies.--From publisher's description.… (meer)

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History from the inside. I didn't realize how close Sorensen's relationship was to Kennedy.
The stories of their barnstorming in a small plane together in the 1950's campaigning surprised me.
Very readable. (

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jjbinkc | Aug 27, 2023 |

Nothing can be added to Robert Cato's fair and glowing review on the slipcover: masterfully written as an understandable historical account by a participant who understood the subtleties and historical significance. (

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grimmerlaw | Jul 11, 2021 |

I liked this book, mostly for the sections about The Cuban Missile Crisis and his explanation of his involvement in writing Profiles In Courage (didn't ghost write it, just wrote the first drafts). I didn't love it though and wouldn't recommend it to a friend which is usually my yardstick as to a 'good' book. It is clear throughout the book that JFK is/was the only person Sorensen ever thought as an intellectual equal (if not more). Although always subordinate to 'Mr. President' it is clear that JFK was Sorensen's best friend (but maybe not vice versa). Something I found annoying was the way Sorensen seemed to consistently infer that he was always the 'difference' when things went right or if they went bad (when he wasn't involved, i.e., Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, and the CIA). (

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Charlie-Ravioli | Jan 18, 2016 |

Authored by the man responsible for having such a hand in collaborating and writing speeches with and for John Kennedy, Sorensen's gift at prose is never lacking in his recollections at what it was like to work alongside JFK for 10 years, in addition to providing some background on himself, how he came to be Kennedy's speech writer, and what life was like during the years he spent with Kennedy in the White House.

timmydc | Oct 26, 2014 |

A beautifully written memoir by JFK's speechwriter and advisor whose liberal Unitarian values helped shape history, most dramatically during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (

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In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history.... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world's first nuclear confrontation. After Kennedy was assassinated, Sorensen stayed with President Johnson for a few months before leaving to write a biography of JFK. In 1968 he returned to Washington to help run Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. Through it all, Sorensen never lost sight of the ideals that brought him to Washington and to the White House, working tirelessly to promote and defend free, peaceful societies.--From publisher's description.

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