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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit (2017)

af Chris Matthews

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR!

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A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball.
With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's most beloved Presidents and the patriotic spirit that defined him. Now, with Bobby Kennedy, Matthews returns with a gripping, in-depth, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the great figures of the American twentieth century.

Overlooked by his father, and overshadowed by his war-hero brother, Bobby Kennedy was the perpetual underdog. When he had the chance to become a naval officer like Jack, Bobby turned it down, choosing instead to join the Navy as a common sailor. It was a life changing experience that led him to connect with voters from all walks of life: young or old, black or white, rich or poor. They were the people who turned out for him in his 1968 campaign. RFK would prove himself to be the rarest of politiciansâ??both a pragmatist who knew how to get the job done and an unwavering idealist who could inspire millions.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Matthews pulls back the curtain on the public and private worlds of Robert Francis Kennedy. He shines a light on all the important moments of his life, from his early years and his start in politics to his crucial role as attorney general in his brother's administration and his tragic run for president. This definitive book brings Bobby Kennedy to life like never before and is destined to become a political class
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A really concise account of RFK but I was hoping for more in-depth accounts in some later parts of his life. ( )
  John_Hughel | Jun 26, 2022 |
Matthews does a good job giving an overview of Bobby Kennedy’s life. It’s obvious that Matthews is a fan of Bobby’s—and he admits as much. For understandable reasons, much of Bobby’s story is intertwined with Jack Kennedy’s, and the book spends a lot of time on that. But it really shines where it focuses on Bobby’s perspective and history (which, sadly, was all too short).

If I have a real complaint about this book, it is that I wanted to hear more details and more stories (like an Unfinished Life, which masterfully told JFK’s story). But even without that, it’s a good read to gain a perspective on Bobby from someone who grew up watching and supporting Bobby. ( )
  bentleymitchell | Aug 27, 2021 |
Chris Matthews is a good, concise storyteller. Despite all of the people in the history he helps the reader keep everyone straight. His study reveals the tactics and personalities of true presidential politics. Having just read Dors Kearns Goodwin's book on LBJ this book about RFK was a great read. Same story with different perspectives is so enlightening about history, politics, governance and people. Matthews weaved a few parts of his life into the book and that added perspective and a frame of reference I appreciated. Matthews also has a way of telling each story revealing the strengths, weaknesses, failures and successes of the players. You can see he admired the actors but the book does not pull punches because of it. This makes for better history because all political history is of, by and for people. ( )
  DonaldPowell | Feb 5, 2019 |
I really enjoyed this book; Chris Matthews really put together a well-written, well-researched biography of Bobby Kennedy and how he really came to be the Kennedy we all know and love.

What was most interesting, I think, was to see how much RFK changed from his younger years and through adulthood as he met people, heard their stories, and experienced things himself. I have to admit that the younger RFK was not so appealing to me. I read this book in the car to my dad as he drove us back home from vacation, and we reflected on how changeable he was - he was willing to come back and listen, to change, and then stand up for what was right and be the catalyst for change. He grew into the inspiring man that I've always thought of when I think of RFK.

There were a handful of points in the book that I struggled to keep a steady voice - parts that really left me wanting to cry and parts that were just so inspiring yet tragic I couldn't help but get choked up. Even the way the book ended was so incredibly powerful, yet so, so incredibly sad - as if I felt the nation's loss just as it had in the past. When I got to the end of the book, my dad responded, "That's it?" And I said, 'Yeah, that's it. It's over." And he was a bit teary-eyed and I think disappointed that there wasn't more to read.

And I think that's the most devastating reality, that there wasn't more to his story because we'd reached the end of RFK's timeline - but what a powerful story to tell, especially in these times, and one that can reach from the past and inspire a generation of the future to do better. ( )
  justagirlwithabook | Jun 28, 2018 |
More anecdotal than historical. Matthews has a good writing style. Can never get enough of Bobby. ( )
  Doondeck | Jun 24, 2018 |
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On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy stood in the high-ceilinged, marble-walled Senate Caucus Room where, eight years earlier, his brother Jack had announced for president.
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O'Neill found himself fascinated by the contradictions in Bobby.  "He seems to be genuinely horrified," he wrote, " to learn that some helpless fellow has been pushed around by a price fixer, a crooked politician or a conniving labor leader--although his impulse to smite the wrongdoer usually precedes his impulse to bemoan the victim."
Just over a week later, President Kennedy submitted to Congress a strong civil rights bill. "How can we say to the Negro in Jackson," Bobby Kennedy asked in Senate testimony supporting it, "that  when war comes you will be an American citizen, but in the meantime you're a citizen of Mississippi and we can't help you?"
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Biography & Autobiography. History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR!

New York Times Bestseller

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball.
With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's most beloved Presidents and the patriotic spirit that defined him. Now, with Bobby Kennedy, Matthews returns with a gripping, in-depth, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the great figures of the American twentieth century.

Overlooked by his father, and overshadowed by his war-hero brother, Bobby Kennedy was the perpetual underdog. When he had the chance to become a naval officer like Jack, Bobby turned it down, choosing instead to join the Navy as a common sailor. It was a life changing experience that led him to connect with voters from all walks of life: young or old, black or white, rich or poor. They were the people who turned out for him in his 1968 campaign. RFK would prove himself to be the rarest of politiciansâ??both a pragmatist who knew how to get the job done and an unwavering idealist who could inspire millions.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Matthews pulls back the curtain on the public and private worlds of Robert Francis Kennedy. He shines a light on all the important moments of his life, from his early years and his start in politics to his crucial role as attorney general in his brother's administration and his tragic run for president. This definitive book brings Bobby Kennedy to life like never before and is destined to become a political class

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