Historian Alan Axelrod is the author of the business bestsellers Elizabeth I CEO and Patton on Leadership, as well as many books on American military history. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox, and NPR, and his work has been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, and Cosmopolitan, among other publications. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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On August 12, 1944, Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., heir to one of America's most glamorous fortunes, son of the disgraced former ambassador to Great Britain, and big brother to freshly minted PT-109 hero JFK, hoisted himself up into a highly modif... SEE MORE