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John F. Kennedy

articles/2013/11/05/jfk-letter-war-is-a-dirty-business/131104-jfk-wwii-tease_ijroia
Correspondence

JFK: ‘War Is a Dirty Business’

<p>In a frank and fatalistic letter to Inga Arvad, with whom he had an intense romantic affair, the WWII hero wrote down his feelings about war. From the new <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Letters-John-F-Kennedy/dp/1608192717">The Letters of John F. Kennedy</a></i>.</p>

John F. Kennedy

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