Profiles in Courage | The Politics of Courage: Kennedy’s Profiles as Political Thought
In the following essay, Hammer and Maudsley
examine Profiles in Courage within the context of
‘‘a Roman conception of profiling and its relationship
to courage and politics.’’
Published in 1955 during John F. Kennedy’s tenure as a senator, Profiles in Courage was an instant best-seller, receiving the Pulitzer prize that same year. Yet, for being such a widely acclaimed work, scholars and reviewers have been reluctant to engage the argument of the book. What has focused scholarly attention, instead, is intrigue: who really wrote the book, whose political goals were served by writing the book, and how might Kennedy have secured the Pulitzer prize? When scholars have addressed issues in the book, it is by way of synopses, a generic praise of...
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