Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives,An Unfinished Lifeis packed with revelations large and small about JFKs health, his love affairs, RFKs appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had he survived.

Robert Dallek succeeds as no other biographer has done in striking a critical balance never shying away from JFKs weaknesses, brilliantly exploring his strengths as he offers up a vivid portrait of a bold, brave, complex, heroic, human Kennedy.