The Kennedys are considered in the US and worldwide a precious American brand, Especially the couple JFK-Jackie, a dream power team that it´s the representation of wealth, power and prestige. Identified with the modern American spirit, freedom supporter during the Cold War - his ´Ich bin ein Berliner´ said from the balcony of the Schöneberg Cityhall in 1963 remains an important reference.
Being a ´Kennedy´ means belonging to a family who still plays a revered role in the current politics - although Pres. Donald Trump is planning to destroy Jackie´s Rosegarten at the White House; we haven´t heard yet what her nephew, the current controversial Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has to say about it.
But there is another absonded face of Kennedy family: Kennedys - men - as womanizers and eventually as lady killers.
The well documentd book by Maureen Callahan, Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women they Destroyed puts the myth into question in a very frontal way. From the beloved JFK and his affairs to the other risk lover members of the family, there is no place for doubt about their behavior and aggressive habits. It is also a book about the women who adored them for all the wrong reasons and put their honor and lives at risk for the illusion they promised. Overall, an interesting material for thinking about the many nice clean faces of the predators.
There were few instances when I felt like there are some parts repeating themselves - especially about Jackie - but it is a myth shaking book that deserves the right attention, both from journalists, psychologists and recent times historians.
Rating: 3.5 stars
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