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Nation Books
September 2003
On Sale: August 26, 2003
304 pages
ISBN: 1560255315
EAN: 9781560255314
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Non-Fiction Memoir
As one of the most complex, charismatic and controversial
figures of our times, Robert Kennedy occupies a remarkable
and paradoxical place in the American imagination. On the
right he has been idolized by Rudy Giuliani and
memorialized by Attorney General John Ashcroft, who renamed
the Justice Department after him. On the left, his admirers
say he represented the last hope of revitalizing the
liberal tradition. But who was Robert Kennedy? To acclaimed
reporter Jack Newfield, who worked closely with him during
his last years, RFK was a human being far different from
the myths that surrounded his name. "Part of him was
soldier, priest, radical, and football coach. But he was
none of these. He was a politician. His enemies said he was
consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist
exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate
and too vulnerable ever to be the cool and confident
operator his brother was." In this haunting and memorable
portrait we see what kind of man died when Robert Kennedy
was shot. And what kind of leader America lost.
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