Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators. The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwr
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Ted Sorensen, the ghostwriter of Profiles in Courage, was also John F. Kennedy's main speechwriter.
Six Crises
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Six Crises is the first book written by Richard Nixon, who later became the 37th president of the United States in 1969. It was published in 1962, and it recounts his role in six major political situa
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…the White House in April 1961 and got the same advice from Kennedy: writing a book would raise the public image of any public man. Nixon wrote his book Six Crises (1962) in response to Profiles in Courage. In response to criticism that the book included only men, in 1958 Kennedy published an article in the women's…
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