In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231120692)

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.

Author: Joseph Palermo
ISBN-10: 0231120699
ISBN-13: 9780231120692
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2002
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 109 - Strongly Recommended