Robert Kennedy and His Times
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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A biography of the Senator who was assassinated in 1968, stressing the public and personal forces and events that shaped his life.Tags
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Being cynical about politicians is only natural, yet sometimes someone comes along who somehow taps into our natural craving for leadership, seemingly embodying the best of our national spirit and promising a better tomorrow via their charismatic presence alone. RFK is to many people the last politician they could trust emotionally, a man of infinite compassion yet ruthless integrity, a person of infinite compassion yet ruthless integrity, someone with a prosecutor's ferocity yet a poet's sensibility. He was murdered before he could really do much to validate the immense, almost messianic hopes that people laid on him, and this biography, written by a man who knew him well, takes you through his journey from hard-edged enforcer of show more justice to champion of the downtrodden in a way that will leave you greatly saddened at the cruelties of history. show less
A not unexpectedly sycophantic account from one of the Kennedys' most enduring apologists; nonetheless, a very worthwhile read and an insight from inside the camp. For all their flaws they were agents for positive change in many areas.
Yes, Schlesinger was definetely in the Kennedy corner, but so was I,
so I can't help being totally enthralled by this book.
And neither can I help feeling sad because it took just one creep to change the course of history- for the worst!
so I can't help being totally enthralled by this book.
And neither can I help feeling sad because it took just one creep to change the course of history- for the worst!
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City. show more (Publisher Provided) Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., 1917 - 2007 U.S. historian Arthur Schlesinger was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1917 and was educated at Harvard University. Schlesinger was an associate professor of history at Harvard from 1946-1954 and professor from 1954-1961. He was a campaign staff member for the Democratic presidential candidates in 1952, 1956 and 1960. When John F. Kennedy took office after the 1960 campaign, he appointed Schlesinger special assistant. He resigned, in 1964, after Kennedy's assassination and then became professor of Humanities at the City University of New York in 1967. Schlesinger wrote an account of the Kennedy administration titled "A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House" (1965), which won the Pulitzer Prize for a biography in 1966. He also wrote "The Age of Jackson" (1945), which won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1946, "The Age of Roosevelt" (3 vol., 1957-60), "The Politics of Hope" (1963), "The Bitter Heritage" (1967), "The Imperial Presidency" (1973), "Robert Kennedy and His Times" (1978), and "The Cycles of American History" (1986). He died on February 28, 2007 at the age of 89 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Robert Kennedy and His Times
- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Important events
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- Dedication
- For Ethel, Jean and Steve
- First words
- Robert Francis Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1925, the seventh child of Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph Patrick Kennedy.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then Smith said, "I distinctly heard a voice coming out of the coffin saying, 'Damn it. If you fellows put me down, I'll show you the way.'"
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 973.9220924
- Canonical LCC
- E840.8.K4
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 973.9220924 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Dwight D. Eisenhower, 2nd Term (1953-1961) Sputnik Crisis, Little Rock Crisis, National Aeronautics and Space Act Biography
- LCC
- E840.8 .K4 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Biography (General)
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.05)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 22
