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The bestselling author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power historian and biographer Richard Reeves lends his unmistakable voice to the groundbreaking Character Above All audio series with an illuminating examination of one of America's most popular Presidents. Recorded live at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Reeves continues a series of lectures delivered by a team of historians, biographers and journalists assembled by Robert Wilson to explore the Presidential character on leadership and the creation of trust. Reeves tells how JFK valued courage above all and became the first self-selected President. Despite his own character flaws, Kennedy was able to bring out the best in the character of the people. Character Above All is incomparable audio, crackling with the energy and excitement of a great mind at work and the intellectual urgency befitting a topic of lasting national importance.