Mark White is a Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and Director of the London POTUS Group. His 2007 work Against the President was shortlisted for the Neustadt Prize. This is his tenth book.

• Introduction: James Bond in Camelot1 The Kennedy Debate: Grassroots and the Ivory Tower2 Rise to Power3 1961: Bruising Beginnings in the White House4 Michael Carter and the Missile Crisis5 1963: A Promising Ending6 Private Lives7 A President with Hollywood Allure8 Without DallasConclusion

Just when you think there are more than enough books on President John F. Kennedy along comes one which stops you in your tracks. Eye-opening and brutally frank we read a stylish account of how JFK got so far, so fast. Here is a highly readable account of sex-appeal, philandering, hard-ass politicking but combined with genuine character and powerful charisma - the making of a legend. He had a pivotal and lasting effect on generations across the world and Mark White shows us eloquently why that is.

Mark White is a Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and Director of the London POTUS Group. His 2007 work Against the President was shortlisted for the Neustadt Prize. This is his tenth book.

• Introduction: James Bond in Camelot1 The Kennedy Debate: Grassroots and the Ivory Tower2 Rise to Power3 1961: Bruising Beginnings in the White House4 Michael Carter and the Missile Crisis5 1963: A Promising Ending6 Private Lives7 A President with Hollywood Allure8 Without DallasConclusion

Just when you think there are more than enough books on President John F. Kennedy along comes one which stops you in your tracks. Eye-opening and brutally frank we read a stylish account of how JFK got so far, so fast. Here is a highly readable account of sex-appeal, philandering, hard-ass politicking but combined with genuine character and powerful charisma - the making of a legend. He had a pivotal and lasting effect on generations across the world and Mark White shows us eloquently why that is.

Mark White is a Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and Director of the London POTUS Group. His 2007 work Against the President was shortlisted for the Neustadt Prize. This is his tenth book.

• Introduction: James Bond in Camelot1 The Kennedy Debate: Grassroots and the Ivory Tower2 Rise to Power3 1961: Bruising Beginnings in the White House4 Michael Carter and the Missile Crisis5 1963: A Promising Ending6 Private Lives7 A President with Hollywood Allure8 Without DallasConclusion

Just when you think there are more than enough books on President John F. Kennedy along comes one which stops you in your tracks. Eye-opening and brutally frank we read a stylish account of how JFK got so far, so fast. Here is a highly readable account of sex-appeal, philandering, hard-ass politicking but combined with genuine character and powerful charisma - the making of a legend. He had a pivotal and lasting effect on generations across the world and Mark White shows us eloquently why that is.