Reply #37: From the books and articles I have read about Joseph Kennedy,

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JFK and Bobby Kennedy, what is in wikipedia is also reflected in those books. I only used the wikipedia reference because it did reflect what I had read in other books, articles and was easily accessible.

I don't see how the actions and beliefs of Joseph Kennedy mean anything other than to be historically interesting, especially as his children did not adopt those beliefs and have patterned their work and public service much differently and have served very well, imo.

After giving your post some thought, I felt I should be a little more diligent than simply posting the easiest link so I have found this as well, from Amazon, a review of a book entitled The Kennedys at War by Edward J Renehan, Jr. The review is by Publishers Weekly:

Veteran biographer and historian Renehan (The Lion's Pride, etc.) presents a well-written, well-researched account of the Kennedys in the years leading up to and during WWII. Renehan begins with the ambitious patriarch, Joseph Kennedy, Sr., his ambiguous relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt and his disastrous turn as ambassador to Great Britain. Kennedy's fervent isolationist views, combined with both anti-Semitic and pro-fascist leanings, made him an ardent supporter of Neville Chamberlain's disastrously failed policy of appeasement. Not long after WWII broke out, the ambassador resigned, to FDR's relief.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038550165X/103-2185298-1371818?v=glance&n=283155