{"title":"Books by Fredrik Logevall","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780811736541","title":"Street Without Joy","description":"First published in 1961 by Stackpole Books, Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal— and politically complicated—conflict between the French and the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina. The French fought to the bitter end, but even with the lethal advantages of a modern military, they could not stave off the Viet Minh insurgency of hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. The final French defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and a far bloodier chapter in Vietnam‘s history. Fall combined graphic reporting with deep scholarly knowledge of Vietnam and its colonial history in a book memorable in its descriptions of jungle fighting and insightful in its arguments. After more than a half a century in print, Street without Joy remains required reading.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294988448117,"sku":"9780811736541","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780811736541_fe4e5750-2a17-4a12-82b9-a945dcb2162a.jpg?v=1786016064"},{"product_id":"9780241972014","title":"JFK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most compelling biography I have read in years . . . There has been a host of JFK biographies, but this one excels for its narrative drive, fine judgments and meticulous research . . . makes the story seem a cliffhanger even though we know what is coming' \u003c\/b\u003eMax Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In his utterly absorbingJFK, Fred Logevall reconstructs not only a great man, but also his entire age' \u003c\/b\u003eBrendan Simms, author of \u003ci\u003eHitler: A Global Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had become among Boston's wealthiest, Kennedy knew political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized figures in modern history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Harvard professor Fredrik Logevall has spent much of the last decade combing through material unseen or unused by previous biographers, searching for and piecing together the 'real' John F. Kennedy -- resulting in a masterpiece that reviews have agreed will be the definitive work. This first volume of this sweeping two-part biography spans the first thirty-nine years of his life, revealing his early relationships, his formative and heroic experiences during World War II, and his deeply fascinating romance with Jackie Kennedy. In examining these pre-White House years, Logevall chronicles Kennedy's extraordinary life and times with authority and novelistic sensibility, putting the reader in every room where it happened. This landmark work offers the clearest portrait we have of a remarkable figure who still inspires individuals around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A riveting study of young JFK. Logevall has written a superb book.' \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Runciman, \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brisk, authoritative, and candid biography, and a wonderfully compelling history of America's heady and troubled mid-century rise' \u003c\/b\u003eJill Lepore, author of \u003ci\u003eThese Truths: A History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Fredrik Logevall] makes JFK as alive and compelling as if you were reading about him for the first time'\u003c\/b\u003e George Packer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful, provocative, and above all compelling book' \u003c\/b\u003eJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In this first volume of Fredrik Logevall's definitive biography, JFK is all too engagingly and amiably human . . . I hope Logevall's second volume will follow soon'\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Conrad, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311660609909,"sku":"9780241972014","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241972014_400ddfb3-750f-4944-b87b-cc5cc826cf2c.jpg?v=1786012702"},{"product_id":"jfk-volume-2","title":"JFK: Volume 2","description":"Pulitzer-winning historian Fredrik Logevall’s masterly successor to his widely-acclaimed first volume depicts JFK’s trailblazing path to the White House – from facing dauntingly long odds to becoming the youngest president in American history.   In the years since his victory, John F. Kennedy’s 1960 election success has become the stuff of legend. The road to the White House saw the first televised debates against Richard Nixon, concerns over the candidate’s Catholicism and relative inexperience, and, alongside his family, the creation of new forms of campaigning. But despite this mythology, his victory was never assured.   In the second thrilling instalment of his JFK trilogy, Harvard professor Fredrik Logevall pulls back the curtain on one of the most consequential elections in American history – and the man behind it. From Kennedy’s star turn at the 1956 Democratic Convention to his inauguration in 1961, JFK: The Road to the White House is the story of a young politician and – in the first truly modern presidential campaign – a strategy that remade what a presidential candidate, and his campaign, could be.   Logevall reveals Kennedy’s incredible drive to start earlier and work harder than his competitors, alongside his struggles: his troubled marriage, questions about winning over voters as a Catholic, and doubts about his forward-looking message. And with his historian’s eye, he paints a vivid picture of America — increasingly interconnected, the struggle for Black equality reaching a watershed moment, Communism seeming perilously close to home – while also showing how JFK took himself and his country on to the global stage.   Deeply researched and highly immersive, this is a gripping behind-the-scenes history of the making of an American legend. It’s the clearest portrait we have of JFK as leader, orator, author, reader, husband, father, son – and future president.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499213300085,"sku":"9780241744086","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-fredrik-logevall.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}