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"That is a book about this most excellent of individuals virtues - courage. 'Elegance under pressure', Ernest Hemingway defined it. And these are the reports of the pressures experienced by eight USA senators and the elegance with which they endured them." (John F. Kennedy) During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a US senator, chose eight of his historical co-workers to profile for his or her acts of astounding integrity in the face of overpowering opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Granted the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage - now reissued, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 - resounds with timeless lessons on the most appreciated of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human nature. It is, as Robert Kennedy areas in the foreword, "not only stories of the past but a hook of wish and confidence for the future. What happens to the united states, to the globe, is determined by what we do with what others have left us".
