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Judging a book by its Amazon review is only a couple of degrees of separation from judging a book by its cover. There's more in there. For example, Reeves describes how Jack at first wanted to avoid any discussion of himself as a "war hero" because he considered his most heroic moment to be a big clusterhuck. It's been about four years since I read it, but I didn't walk away thining "This is much ado about nothing." To me the main thing is that Joe Kennedy wanted a vision of his boy going down fighting, so that's what he created. Even if JFK himself didn't actually screw the pooch out there, the fix was in to make him out to be something he wasn't. After reading bios of Kennedy, the thing I was most convinced of was that Joe Kennedy was a son of Hell. If their father had been a decent human being, I think Jack, Bobby and Teddy would have been great men in every sense of the word.

Of course, I'll gladly withdraw my reference to JFK, even though it was offered truthfully. You see, I've been in military organizations and I've been the editor of a national publication, and I can tell you that the "five years without reading the newsletter" fiasco is, if true, far more of a screwup than anything John Kennedy did in the Pacific or in office.

Judging a book by its Amazon review is only a couple of degrees of separation from judging a book by its cover.

I wasn't judging the book, I was finding out the issue regarding PT109.

So, the issue was that according to the author, Kennedy was delerict in his duty and that is why the boat was cut in two, not in the darkness of early morning, but in broad daylight.

There's more in there. For example, Reeves describes how Jack at first wanted to avoid any discussion of himself as a "war hero" because he considered his most heroic moment to be a big clusterhuck. It's been about four years since I read it, but I didn't walk away thining "This is much ado about nothing." To me the main thing is that Joe Kennedy wanted a vision of his boy going down fighting, so that's what he created. Even if JFK himself didn't actually screw the pooch out there, the fix was in to make him out to be something he wasn't. After reading bios of Kennedy, the thing I was most convinced of was that Joe Kennedy was a son of Hell. If their father had been a decent human being, I think Jack, Bobby and Teddy would have been great men in every sense of the word. Of course, I'll gladly withdraw my reference to JFK, even though it was offered truthfully. You see, I've been in military organizations and I've been the editor of a national publication, and I can tell you that the "five years without reading the newsletter" fiasco is, if true, far more of a screwup than anything John Kennedy did in the Pacific or in office.

Well, thank you for withdrawing it.

Ofcourse any skipper of a ship/boat is not going to feel proud of losing his ship/boat, no matter what the circumstances and how well he did after losing the ship/boat.

Unlike Kerry, Kennedy actually did show real courage and leadership ability.