Review of Joseph Kennedy (JFK's Father) Biography 'The Patriarch', He Opposed US Entry into WW2, Sympathized With Germany Review of Joseph Kennedy (JFK's Father) Biography ‘The Patriarch’, He Opposed US Entry into WW2, Sympathized With Germany https://russia-insider.com/en/review-joseph-kennedy-jfks-father-biography-patriarch-he-opposed-us-entry-ww2-sympathized-germany would be heresy for an American historian – like Nasaw – to suggest such a thing. Writing about history is a dangerous undertaking. Your reputation is at stake. An historian, therefore, must engage in “selective condemnation” lest he or she be subject to “collective condemnation”.