Killing Kennedy Summary

The Kennedy Era has always been very interesting to me. I have always wanted to learn more about John Kennedy, therefore the book I read is “Killing Kennedy”, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. This novel tells of the end of Camelot. Camelot was basically the Age of John Kennedy and his family’s political power. This book explains JFK’s rise to power, and the impact he had on world history. One writer; Bill O’Reilly is a journalist and a talk-show host. He is best known for being a news anchor for the O’Reilly Factor. He is considered very controversial because of his strong conservative opinions, and he is very outspoken. Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several history books. He researches to understand the motivations

This book starts off discussing Kennedy’s background. I learned about the story with PT-109. This was his first real act of Heroism and leadership. John was in the Navy. He and his crew were on a small gunboat. The boat was rammed, parting it in 2. They stayed with the boat until there was nothing to float on. Then, they swam to a coral Island. Keep in mind that the whole time, he had a broken bone in his back this whole time. The main point in this story was that John learned to stand up and be a strong leader. He became ill, but after he recovered, he led his crew to a bigger island. They met with some natives which ended up sending a message that got the crew help. This act of leadership made “Jack” Kennedy confident that he could get into politics and that is exactly what he did. Before John was elected, he was known for being the first presidential candidate that was young and athletic. He became very popular and on November 8, 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president of the United States. Before John was known as a great president, Jack made some terrible mistakes during the cold war. One

It was there where he met his future Wife, Marina Oswald. Lee was known as a better than average marksman. He would become Kennedy’s