TO UNDERSTAND SAIGON, BEGIN IN BOSTON.
Politica Dynastica: Kennedy, Lodge, and the Coming of War in Vietnam
Coming November 2026
TWO MEN. TWO DYNASTIES. ONE CITY. ONE WAR.
John F. Kennedy and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. began as sons of Boston.
They became political rivals.
They became reluctant allies.
And in 1963, they found themselves bound together by a war half a world away.
Their story is a reminder that history is not made only by great forces.
It is made by people.
By families.
By places.
By relationships.
And by choices