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JFK’s Weak Body And Strong Spirit

You Don’t Know Jack

Kennedy was wracked with chronic back pain—but his metaphorical spine in standing up to the war hawks was unparalleled.

James Blight
Janet Lang
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James Blight

James Blight

Janet Lang

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