Reviews
After a hundred interviews with great and lowly figures, Sabato had pollsters measure the reactions, and used their data to deduce some provocative explanations of why JFK's legacy has loomed over his successors., Ambitious... Sabato is the most prominent political scientist of our age.... a valuable contribution to the literature of the assassination., Ambitious. Sabato is the most prominent political scientist of our age.. a valuable contribution to the literature of the assassination., In The Kennedy Half-Century, Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office." - John Grisham "Larry Sabato has compiled a mountain of research that is sure to be the go-to reference on the assassination for years to come. He seems to have examined any and everything connected to Kennedy's death and brought new insight and understanding to that awful weekend when America lost its innocence."- Bob Schieffer, CBS News " The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President." - Richard Reeves, author of Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House "If you think you know everything about the Kennedy assassination, you haven't read Larry Sabato's book. I urge you to do so!" -Julian Bond " The Kennedy Half-Century is full of new insights and revelations about a President whose tragic death left so many wondering, "What if?" This is a fascinating examination of the policies he put in place and how they influenced the nine Presidents who followed him into the oval office."- Katie Couric "A timely, well-documented, and measured view of our 35th president." Publishers Weekly, Larry Sabato has compiled a mountain of research that is sure to be the go-to reference on the assassination for years to come. He seems to have examined any and everything connected to Kennedy's death and brought new insight and understanding to that awful weekend when America lost its innocence., In The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy, Sabato shows how Kennedy was transformed from a charismatic, if flawed, man into a mythological figure on the scale of Abraham Lincoln. Sabato goes far beyond Kennedy's presidency to explore how his legacy has affected every president since, particularly Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan. Most important, Sabato relies on "cutting-edge audio technology" to debunk a key finding of a House committee in 1979 that an open microphone on a Dallas police officer's motorcycle picked up the sound of a fourth shot - suggesting the involvement of a second shooter., " The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President." - Richard Reeves, author of Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House, In The Kennedy Half-Century, Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office." - John Grisham "Larry Sabato has compiled a mountain of research that is sure to be the go-to reference on the assassination for years to come. He seems to have examined any and everything connected to Kennedy's death and brought new insight and understanding to that awful weekend when America lost its innocence."- Bob Schieffer, CBS News " The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President." - Richard Reeves, author of Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House "If you think you know everything about the Kennedy assassination, you haven't read Larry Sabato's book. I urge you to do so!" -Julian Bond " The Kennedy Half-Century is full of new insights and revelations about a President whose tragic death left so many wondering, "What if?" This is a fascinating examination of the policies he put in place and how they influenced the nine Presidents who followed him into the oval office."- Katie Couric "Ambitious… Sabato is the most prominent political scientist of our age…. a valuable contribution to the literature of the assassination." James Rosen, National Review "In The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy, Sabato shows how Kennedy was transformed from a charismatic, if flawed, man into a mythological figure on the scale of Abraham Lincoln. Sabato goes far beyond Kennedy's presidency to explore how his legacy has affected every president since, particularly Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan. Most important, Sabato relies on "cutting-edge audio technology" to debunk a key finding of a House committee in 1979 that an open microphone on a Dallas police officer's motorcycle picked up the sound of a fourth shot - suggesting the involvement of a second shooter." The Columbus Dispatch "A timely, well-documented, and measured view of our 35th president." Publishers Weekly, In The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy, Sabato shows how Kennedy was transformed from a charismatic, if flawed, man into a mythological figure on the scale of Abraham Lincoln. Sabato goes far beyond Kennedy's presidency to explore how his legacy has affected every president since, particularly Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan. Most important, Sabato relies on "cutting-edge audio technology" to debunk a key finding of a House committee in 1979 that an open microphone on a Dallas police officer's motorcycle picked up the sound of a fourth shot -- suggesting the involvement of a second shooter., In The Kennedy Half-Century, Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office., If you think you know everything about the Kennedy assassination, you haven't read Larry Sabato's book. I urge you to do so!, "In The Kennedy Half-Century, Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office." --John Grisham "Larry Sabato has compiled a mountain of research that is sure to be the go-to reference on the assassination for years to come. He seems to have examined any and everything connected to Kennedy's death and brought new insight and understanding to that awful weekend when America lost its innocence." -- Bob Schieffer, CBS News " The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President." -- Richard Reeves, author of Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House "If you think you know everything about the Kennedy assassination, you haven't read Larry Sabato's book. I urge you to do so!" -- Julian Bond " The Kennedy Half-Century is full of new insights and revelations about a President whose tragic death left so many wondering, "What if?" This is a fascinating examination of the policies he put in place and how they influenced the nine Presidents who followed him into the oval office." -- Katie Couric "Ambitious... Sabato is the most prominent political scientist of our age.... a valuable contribution to the literature of the assassination." -- James Rosen, National Review "In The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy, Sabato shows how Kennedy was transformed from a charismatic, if flawed, man into a mythological figure on the scale of Abraham Lincoln. Sabato goes far beyond Kennedy's presidency to explore how his legacy has affected every president since, particularly Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan. Most important, Sabato relies on "cutting-edge audio technology" to debunk a key finding of a House committee in 1979 that an open microphone on a Dallas police officer's motorcycle picked up the sound of a fourth shot -- suggesting the involvement of a second shooter." -- The Columbus Dispatch "A timely, well-documented, and measured view of our 35th president." -- Publishers Weekly, In The Kennedy Half-Century, Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office." - John Grisham "Larry Sabato has compiled a mountain of research that is sure to be the go-to reference on the assassination for years to come. He seems to have examined any and everything connected to Kennedy's death and brought new insight and understanding to that awful weekend when America lost its innocence."- Bob Schieffer, CBS News " The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President." - Richard Reeves, author of Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House "If you think you know everything about the Kennedy assassination, you haven't read Larry Sabato's book. I urge you to do so!" -Julian Bond " The Kennedy Half-Century is full of new insights and revelations about a President whose tragic death left so many wondering, "What if?" This is a fascinating examination of the policies he put in place and how they influenced the nine Presidents who followed him into the oval office."- Katie Couric , In The Kennedy Half-Century , Larry Sabato not only sheds new light on the assassination, but, and more importantly, masterfully explains the enduring legacy of Kennedy and his 1000 days in office., The Kennedy Half-Century is full of new insights and revelations about a President whose tragic death left so many wondering, "What if?" This is a fascinating examination of the policies he put in place and how they influenced the nine Presidents who followed him into the oval office., Without a public discussion of proposals like this, too many American citizens will be unable to understand the virtues and problems of our Constitution and how it might be improved., Some of Mr. Sabato's suggested amendments are quite sensible and, according to a poll he commissioned, quite popular...The obvious question is whether America's political system requires such radical surgery. Mr. Sabato would reply: That's for a constitutional convention to decide. Fair enough., [Sabato's] lively, conversational tone and compelling examples make the reader a more than willing student for this updated civics lesson., The Kennedy Half Century is a Master Class in discovering and evaluating John F. Kennedy as a man,a President and a game-changing figure in American life. The cultural change Kennedy brought to the nation is the real and original contribution Larry J. Sabato brings to the never-ending debates about the 35th President.
