In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy - Couverture souple

Palermo, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231120699 ISBN 13 : 9780231120692

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Robert Kennedy's role in American politics during the 1960s was pivotal yet has defied attempts to define it. He was a junior senator from New York, but he was also much more. The public perceived him as possessing the intangible qualities of his brother, the slain president. From 1965 to 1968 Kennedy struggled to find his own voice in national affairs.

In His Own Right examines this crucial period of Robert Kennedy's political career, combining the best of political biography with a gripping social history of the social movements of the 1960s. How did Kennedy make the transformation from cold warrior to grassroots activist, from being a political operator known for ruthlessness toward his opponents to becoming, by 1968, a "tribune of the underclass"? Based on never before seen documents, this intimate portrait of one of the most respected politicians never elected president describes Robert Kennedy's relationship with such well-known activists and political players as Benjamin Spock, Eugene McCarthy, Allard Lowenstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez, as well as the ordinary men and women who influenced Kennedy's views as he came to stand in the public arena and in the national consciousness as a man and a leader in his own right.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joseph A Palermo lectures at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written for Peace & Change and other journals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231120699
• ISBN 13: 9780231120692
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible