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Robert Dallek

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in New York City, The United States

May 16, 1934

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History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Robert A. Dallek is an American historian specializing in the presidents of the United States, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon.
In 2004 he retired as a history professor at Boston University after previously having taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Oxford University.
He won the Bancroft Prize for his 1979 book Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945, as well as other awards for scholarship and teaching. ...more

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	An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 3.99 avg rating — 13,006 ratings — published 2011 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power 3.88 avg rating — 2,718 ratings — published 2007 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life 4.13 avg rating — 879 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House 3.72 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President 3.81 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry S. Truman (The American Presidents, #33) by Robert Dallek, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Editor), Sean Wilentz (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lone Star Rising: Vol. 1: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960 4.16 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953 3.72 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump 3.55 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.”
― Robert Dallek, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House

tags: leadership, maturation, pragmatism

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“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
― Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

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“They are pretty good at improvising, but God help us if they are given time to think. Dean Atchison”
― Robert Dallek, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House

tags: thought-life

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