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Kennedy navigates his formative years, including his time in school, relationship with his family, and his early interests in history and politics.

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After the United States joins the war against Nazi Germany and Japan, Jack joins the Navy and is deployed to the Pacific.

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Coming home after the Second World War, Kennedy begins a career in politics, running for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts.

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Kennedy sets into motion an unprecedented 5-year campaign for the Presidency, revolutionizing modern campaigning and the use of television.

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The youngest President ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.

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After Nuclear weapons are placed 90 miles from the Florida coast in Cuba, Kennedy faces his ultimate trial, the most dangerous moment in human history.

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Bringing the country back from the brink of Nuclear war, Kennedy pursues diplomacy with the Soviets and decides to address civil rights in a way no President has before: as a moral issue.

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The final months of John F. Kennedy's life and the legacy he left behind.

Self - Narrator

Self - CNN Political Analyst

Self - Long-Time Board Member, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Self - Author, 'The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire'

Self - Author, 'A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign'

Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero'

Self - Author, 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier'

Self - U.S. Congressman, MA 1st District

Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen

Self - Author, 'The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy'