Inspect The Revolution Of Robert Kennedy: From Power To Protest After JFK Articulated By John R. Bohrer Released As Ebook

and extensively researched book, There is a sense of bias throughout the book which motivates me to read other accounts of Robert Kennedy's life, I did enjoy the book, would give it,if I could. Started out a little slow, lots of information and policy, Once the ground work was laid out, it picked up alot and was a very interesting read, I didn't know RFK until I opened this book, I have a much richer understanding of him as he grew up politically and find myself saddened at the unfinished lives that his brothers, his nephew and he had.
I truly believe that our world would be a better place today, Thank you RFK for your passionate drive to make our world better, I can't recommend this book enough, Incredibly well researched. Loaded with fascinating detail about the political climate both public and private of the era, And as suggested by the title, a revealing look at the years RFK struggled to find his own political identity before ultimately coming into his own.


Most importantly, Bohrer's approachable writing style draws the reader in conveying both the confusion and sense of urgency RFK felt in the years following his brother's assassination.
. . making it a great read for both Kennedy scholars and newbies alike, I very much enjoyed this book, The author is clearly an RFK fan so if you're looking for a dispassionate biographical work, this probably isn't it although I did feel that the author worked to present a full and faithful portrait of Senator Kennedy.
While touching on the early years of Kennedy's career, including those spent working for his brother, the book focuses on the years between JFK's assassination andomitting RFK's Presidential Campaign and assassination.
What emerges is a man who struggled to find his own voice in the political world and never quite shook off the shadow of what came before and a man with a powerful ability to turn ideas into more than words if for no other reason than he had the courage to say what many did not.
I couldn't help but wonder what course our country may have taken had he lived, The difference made by one life and its loss is as haunting as it is encouraging, Well worth your time. Outstanding read of a true politician who gave, cared, implemented change, a robust figure that fought for the common man, To summarize this book: "My brother need not be idolized," Teddy said, "or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, To be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, . saw suffering and tried to heal it, . . saw war, and tried to stop it, " This book traces the history of Robert Kennedy's transformation from JFK's younger brother and attorney general to successful senator from New York and presidential candidate, This book also looks at how his views on important issues grew and changed, making him a historical figure in his own right, This is a great book for anyone interested in history, politics or fascinating people, Very informative account of Robert Kennedy during the turbulents, His very public tragedy of losing his brother and the nations president, grieving yet still pursuing his beliefs until his own untimely death, Received by Goodreads to review and was very pleased to read this book!!! Thanks ! Somebody will flame me, and I don't care, I'm giving it an initialstar rating based just on the editorial blurb review, Bobby Kennedy did not "choose" to leave the Cabinet as much as he was, er, encouraged to leave after he blatantly tried to shove himself into the Veepstakes.
Let's hope this isn't an entirely hagiographic book, How did RFK recover from his brother's death How did he forge his own political path and message out of the shadow of JFK, but still keep the torch of his brother alive These are some of the questions Bohrer raises in his new book that covers the political life of RFK from Decemberto the summer of.
The author does come off sympathetic to RFK, but it's not hagiography, either, There are not many books that go into the weeds in these important years, so this book is most welcome,

RFK was thinking about the idea of revolution as he became U, S. senator. It wasn't a violent one, but a controlled one, run by young people, This revolution idea is a reflection of his times, thes when change was happening fast at home and abroad, Also, Bohrer effectively illustrates RFK's gravity toward feeling and the need to see the problems, So, RFK would visit the slums, talk to everyone, including the other side of an argument or policy, This could be a reason why RFK was not necessarily liberal in all of his policies,

What impressed me is that there are few politicians that are willing to seek out the hard questions and try to answer them, few politicians who are willing to listen to the opposing side and weigh it.
We need more of that in today's environment, It took me a little while to get through this book, not because I wasn't enjoying it, I just didn't have a lot of time to sit down and read a lot at once.

Thanks for this book John Bohrer, I didn't know it was your first book until reading the inside cover, but I really enjoyed the in depth look into Robert Kennedy's political life after JFK passed.

Robert was a great man, but in a different league to his presidential brother, He dealt with the negativity of Lyndon Johnson, which is such a shame as if Johnson had embraced the knowledge and political expertise of Robert, imagine what could have been achieved instead of Johnson being paranoid about Robert's activities and interactions with the press.

Such a shame that Robert was also assassinated, He was hitting is stride outside of the shadow of his brother just previous to his passing also, A groundbreaking account of how Robert F, Kennedy transformed horror into hope betweenand, with style and substance that has shaped American politics ever since,

On Novembernd,, Bobby Kennedy received a phone call that altered his life forever, The president, his brother, had been shot, JFK would not survive.

In The Revolution of Robert Kennedy, journalist John R, Bohrer focuses in intimate and revealing detail on Bobby Kennedy's life during the three years following JFK's assassination, Torn between mourning the past and plotting his future, Bobby was placed in a sudden competition with his political enemy, Lyndon Johnson, for control of the Democratic Party.
No longer the president's closest advisor, Bobby struggled to find his place within the Johnson administration, eventually deciding to leave his Cabinet post to run for the U.
S. Senate, and establish an independent identity, Those overlooked years of change, from hardline Attorney General to champion of the common man, helped him develop the themes of his eventual presidential campaign,

The Revolution of Robert Kennedy follows him on the journey from memorializing his brother's legacy to defining his own, John R. Bohrer's rich, insightful portrait of Robert Kennedy is biography at its bestinviting readers into the mind and heart of one of America's great leaders, So good and so sad, in two senses: how much RFK missed JFK, and RFK's looming assassination,

"'Long ago,' an anonymous Washington politician told the New Republic, 'Robert Kennedy discovered that no one was going to like him, in the sense that people liked Roosevelt, or Stevenson, or Jack Kennedy.
So he decided to make people follow him because of the power of his ideas, or the rightness of his positions, "

As always, LBJ provides color: "I want to be patient and understanding and reasonable, On the other hand, I think you know my natural inclinations, " p.

I just finished reading Bohrer's book on RFK today, There are thins that I forgot about the mid ''s, Too bad things have not changed enough, We are still struggling with the same issues with which Bobby Kennedy engaged us as citizens and students, I encourage reading this and the US Constitution and reflect on current political actions in the light of both, Happyth of July.

I read this for a reading challenge to read a biography/autobiography of a political figure, I was interested to learn more about Robert Kennedy, especially because last June was theth anniversary of his assassination, RFK was a very interesting man and I enjoyed learning more about his life, This book was a slower read for me though, because of the amount of political detail including conversations and quotes from speeches,.STARS

The Revolution of Robert Kennedy was heavier on the policy than I expected, I thought I would learn more about the personal changes experienced in the years after the assassination of his brother, Instead the book focused more on the ways he changed politically, Not that that was a bad thing I just thought I was reading a different book,

I still enjoyed The Revolution of Robert Kennedy once I adjusted my perspective, I love all things Kennedy as you should know if you read my reviews with any regularity and I'm deeply fascinated by the's, The author John Bohrer put together a vivid and absorbing account of Robert Kennedy's transformation from his brother's ruthless hatchet man who was one of the most hated men in the Democratic party to a progressive icon who still influences the base of the Democratic party.
This book was meticulously I feel like I spelled that wrong researched and I would recommend it to those readers who love politics from any era and readers interested in the behind the scenes discussions around Vietnam.
Provides a great insight into the Kennedy/Johnson relationship, A good precursor to watching the recent CNN series on the Kennedy dynasty, Helps to explain why the Attorney General struggled morally when he found himself under the Johnson administration, Once upon a time I started this book, set it down for four years, and then finally finished it, Ive never read a really indepth history of Bobby duringbefore, so this was a new experience and I came away with a lot of new knowledge about that time period, his senatorial experience, and how he represents what I liked about Eric Foners The Fiery Trial he is an example of change over time, of progress and potential, and that matters a lot.
"He did not save the world from annihilation or set a new policy or start a revolution, Rather, his words and gestures had altered some lives and given some hope to those who desperately needed it, " page

A pretty good and evenhanded microbiography, focusing specifically on Robert Kennedy's career immediately after his brother's assassination in the waning days ofand up to his storied visit to South Africa in mid.
That is, concentrating on his final nine months in office at U, S. Attorney General and then his subsequent campaign / election and first year or so serving as Senator from New York, Bohrer's work is heavy on the politics and policy the thenescalating Vietnam conflict nearly dominates the final third of the narrative as well as Kennedy's often uneasy and strained relationship with President Lyndon Johnson.
However, while The Revolution of Robert Kennedy wasn't bad I was still a little disappointed I had been looking forward to reading it since its publication in, as it didn't seem like it brought anything new to the RFK table.
It paled in comparison to Thurston Clarke's detailed The Last Campaign: Robert F, Kennedy andDays That Inspired America and the awkwardlytitled but concise In Love With Night: The American Romance with Robert Kennedy by Ronald Steel both of which covered much of the same material, plus included anecdotes and stories from folks in the inner circle and were, in my opinion, superior books on the subject matter.
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