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  1. Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.

    • John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorensen
    • 1956
  2. Profiles in Courage. By John F. Kennedy. Recommended by Rudolph Giuliani. Words from the achiever. About the book. John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this book, in which he tells the story of eight U.S. Senators and their acts of integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition.

  3. Sep 8, 2015 · John F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtuescourage and patriotism—and remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the...

    • reprint
    • John F. Kennedy
    • Harper Collins, 2015
  4. Profiles in Courage resonated with the tensions and uncertainties of the Cold War, retelling American history in a way that addressed anxieties about manly courage and national union in a moment of terrifying global challenges. The book also helped establish Kennedy's potential as a national leader by furthering the

  5. Articulate and forward looking, but with a great sense of the past, Kennedy was the only U.S. President to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize in biography. He won the prize in 1957 for Profiles in...

    • John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    • Harper & Row, 1991
    • reprint
  6. Numerous dramas of conscience in conflict with popular opinion have been. played upon the floor of the United States Senate and President Kennedy, in a book entitled Profiles m Courage, has told the stories of eight Senators. who had been protagonists m such dramas.

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  8. Profiles in Courage, which bears the name of Massachusetts' pop-ular young Senator and near-miss vice presidential candidate, John F. Kennedy, is a fascinating account of certain moments in Ameri-can political history when elected officials, mainly Senators, in the face of almost overwhelming pressure from party or constituency

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