The gifted and naturally charming John Kennedy was born into a wealthy family with a gnawing ambition to be embraced by the American elite. It cast him in torment between his open instincts for sex and power and his refined grasp of honorable service in a dangerous world.
Kennedy never resolved the conflict--nor have we, nor will we. He was a driven philanderer at one moment. In the next he was a grand romantic who, with insight, eloquence and wit, sought a place among the legends Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and Franklin Roosevelt.
Perhaps he found his text for this...
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