Why England Slept And Profiles In Courage Essay

John F. Kennedy’s intelligence made him the quintessential American. His intelligence was shown through the two books he wrote in his lifetime. His first book was Why England Slept, and it was written during his senior year of college during the year 1939. Originally, his thesis was called “Appeasement at Munich,” but after his father convinced him to turn it into a book, it was then given the title it is most commonly known by. His second book was Profiles in Courage. This was published in the year 1956. For Profiles in Courage, Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Both Why England Slept and Profiles in Courage were on the best-seller list for the years they were published in. His intelligence was also shown through him graduating from Harvard with a

While he was in Europe, he helped his father with his work as the ambassador to the Court of St. James, which meant he was the United States ambassador to England. His intelligence was also shown through his becoming a member of Congress and a senator from Massachusetts. During the campaign for Congress, Kennedy’s campaign team ran him as a war hero and a published, best-selling author. While he was running, it was a whole family effort to get his name and face out there. It was a strenuous, long run, but he prevailed and won 42 percent of the total votes cast. “Campaign adviser David Powers said…, ‘He just climbed more stairs and shook more hands and worked harder than all the rest combined’” (46). As a Congressman, he became an expert on the issues of labor and public housing. He fought for a higher minimum wage, liberalized immigration laws, and was in support of federal aid for parochial schools and broadening of social security. He was reelected into office twice. Kennedy was not happy with his career as a Congressman, so he decided to run to be a member of the senate for the state of