Like so much in the Kennedy legacy, it was left to Teddy to tell the family history. He does so by telling us his story, by showing us his own courage, perseverance and optimism, which was so emblematic of his family. In his autobiography, True Compass: A Memoir, completed just before his death, he takes us with him on his personal voyage of faith, family and politics. Kennedy's collaborator on this book was his editor Jonathan Karp. Jonathan is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of Twelve, which published True Compass.
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, just out in paperback, examines McGeorge Bundy and his role in increasing Americas troop levels in Vietnam. Both
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argues that our religious thinking is surprisingly less sophisticated now than it it has been in the past. She explains how religion was never intended to answer the questions that fall withing the scope of reason or science. The role of religion was to help people live and cope with realities for which there were no easy explanations. She fires a shot across the bow of today's fundamentalists, as she shows that prior to the 17th century no one assumed biblical myths were factual accounts, but were meant to be interpreted and then reinterpreted. 
sheds light on the competing visions of what the council is supposed to do vs. what it has actually accomplished and if, in fact, it has any relevance in a globalized 21st Century world. 
that we need a totally new approach and that we can no longer afford to ignore the lessons of the past. English argues that we cannot adequately respond to the practical challenge of terrorist violence unless we are more honest about the precise nature of this phenomenon, and about explaining its true and complex causes. 
takes a fresh look at the history of Cuba though the lens of the Bacardi family and in so doing shows us an island nation very different than fifty years of political sound bites. 