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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition black boards, black cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments; The Interviewers; Editorial Note; Foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Appendix; Glossary of Names; The Kennedy Presidency: A Chronology; Index and About the Editors. Illustrated with a 16 page section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Here are the words of Robert Kennedy, in a voice that rings out clearly through the years with a sharp, concise evaluation of the Kennedy era. In a personal reminiscence that takes us behind the headlines, Robert Kennedy sheds light on the events and decisions of the Kennedy administration through the eyes of the people who worked in it and observed it directly. But most of all, Robert Kennedy speaks of his brother, John, and from these intimate memories a new portrait of JFK, the man and his era, emerges. In these never-before-published transcripts of lively, extensive interviews originally recorded in the mid-1960s for the John F. Kennedy Library where they were available for historians and scholars, Robert Kennedy is both candid and incisive as he explains his own role in American policy from the Bay of Pigs to the civil rights campaign to the early years of American involvment in Vietnam. His anecdotes and insights cover a wide range of topics including: The pre-presidential years: what made JFK run; The last-minute choice of Lyndon Johnson to be Vice President; How JFK chose Rusk, Stevenson, McNamara, Ribicoff and Udall, his youthful administration for the "New Frontier"; The inside politics of the early civil rights movement and its players including Martin Luther King, Jr.; The involvement of Hoover and the FBI in Attorney General Robert Kennedy's efforts to implement desegregation in the South; The profound impact of the Bay of Pigs on all of JFK's future decision making; Robert and John Kennedy's personal and candid opinions of such world leaders as Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru and Charles de Gaulle; The Attorney General's battle against organized crime; The political emergence of brother Ted; Robert Kennedy's thoughts on Lyndon Johnson; Robert Kennedy's personal memories of the difficult days that followed his brother's assassination. As we debate the nature of leadership for American in the eighties and beyond, this portrait of the Kennedy style of leadership provides keen insight into the pressures and motivations of a popular presidency in difficult times. Only now, twenty-five years after the death of John F. Kennedy, and twenty years since that of his brother, can the full story finally be told. Robert Kennedy: In His Own Words is a crucial document for understanding a turbulent and dramatic period of American history." -- from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Cohen, Barbara N. (book design) (illustrateur). …

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xiv, [1], 434 pages. Appendix. Notes. Sources. Index. Inscribed on fep by Rick Allen. Another inscription relating to 'fighting the good fight' on fep. Edwin O. Guthman (August 11, 1919 - August 31, 2008) was an American journalist and university professor. While at the Seattle Times, he won the paper's first Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1950. Guthman was third on Richard Nixon's "Enemies List." He was a reporter for the Seattle Star, and The Seattle Times. His articles provided evidence that the Washington State Un-American Activities Committee suppressed evidence that cleared University of Washington professor Melvin Rader of false charges of being a Communist. In 1961, he was tapped by Attorney General Robert Kennedy to be his press secretary. He later served Kennedy in a similar position for one year when Robert Kennedy became U.S. Senator from New York in 1965. As a result of his work with Kennedy, he was third on Nixon's Enemies List. He was the national editor for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1977 and then the editorial page editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer (1977-1987). He was a senior lecturer at the USC Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, where he had been a professor since 1987. He retired in 2007. Rick Allen is a media and technology executive and has been a speechwriter, fundraiser, and state campaign manager for several presidential and Senate candidates. He also served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton, helping to create AmeriCorps. A collection of speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, arranged chronologically, are woven together with a narrative that places them in global and national context and are illustrated with pages of photographs. RFK's voice is as relevant today as it was when he first spoke out on individual responsibility, personal courage, and compassion for those less fortunate. This collection of his eloquent speeches, published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of RFK's death. A first printing of only 30,000 was reported. No information regarding any additional printings. Due to the passage of more than a quarter century, a number of copies are assumed to have been lost/destroyer or are no longer available. Copies signed by one or another of the editiors are deemed rare.…