In Love with Night: The American Romance with Robert KennedyMore than three decades have passed since Robert Kennedy was assassinated seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency. During that time, a powerful legend has grown around him, decreeing that he would have quickly ended the Vietnam War, violence in the cities, and racial and social injustice across the land. Millions of Americans continue to believe that legend. Drawing on his striking interpretation of RFK's character, award-winning historian Ronald Steel examines the life against the legend that Kennedy consciously helped create. |
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... crowds were whipped up and how Kennedy played to their emo- tions , initially kept their distance . Some accused him of demagoguery , particularly after the March speech in Los Angeles where , in a fit of rhetorical overkill , he blamed ...
... crowds were whipped up and how Kennedy played to their emo- tions , initially kept their distance . Some accused him of demagoguery , particularly after the March speech in Los Angeles where , in a fit of rhetorical overkill , he blamed ...
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... crowds , rousing them with fervent rhetoric , capturing it on the TV evening news , said Richard Harwood of the Washington Post , was part of a “ strategy of revolution , of a popular uprising of such intensity and scale " that the ...
... crowds , rousing them with fervent rhetoric , capturing it on the TV evening news , said Richard Harwood of the Washington Post , was part of a “ strategy of revolution , of a popular uprising of such intensity and scale " that the ...
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... crowd . To the enchanted followers gathered there it seemed to be more than just the victory of their candidate . It ... crowds seized by such emotions are animals straining at their leashes , threat- ening at any moment to break loose ...
... crowd . To the enchanted followers gathered there it seemed to be more than just the victory of their candidate . It ... crowds seized by such emotions are animals straining at their leashes , threat- ening at any moment to break loose ...
Contents
Running Interference | 7 |
Cautious Critic | 239 |
Into the Breach | 268 |
Copyright | |
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