Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade

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W. W. Norton & Company, 17/10/1998 - 624 páginas

"Mutual Contempt is at once a fascinating study in character and an illuminating meditation on the role character can play in shaping history."—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Their antagonism, propelled by clashing personalities, contrasting views, and a deep, abiding animosity, would drive them to a bitterness so deep that even civil conversation was often impossible. Played out against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, theirs was a monumental political battle that would shape federal policy, fracture the Democratic party, and have a lasting effect on the politics of our times. Drawing on previously unexamined recordings and documents, as well as memoirs, biographies, and scores of personal interviews, Jeff Shesol weaves the threads of this epic story into a compelling narrative that reflects the impact of LBJ and RFK's tumultuous relationship on politics, civil rights, the war on poverty, and the war in Vietnam. As Publishers Weekly noted, "This is indispensable reading for both experts on the period and newcomers to the history of that decade." "An exhaustive and fascinating history. . . . Shesol's grasp of the era's history is sure, his tale often entertaining, and his research awesome."—Russell Baker, New York Review of Books "Thorough, provocative. . . . The story assumes the dimensions of a great drama played out on a stage too vast to comprehend."—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1997 Critic's Choice) "This is the most gripping political book of recent years."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
 

Índice

Introduction
3
Prelude to a Feud
10
The Affront
41
The Vice President
61
Two Heirs Apparent
88
A Heavy Reckoning
114
Uneasy Alliance
139
The Bobby Problem
176
AllOut Loyalty
305
Shadowboxing
328
Malapropaganda
349
Praising Brutus
370
Later Than We Think
396
RFK vs LBJ
422
Between Myth and Martyrdom
452
Epilogue
465

Get on the JohnsonKennedy Team
211
Little Potshots
233
A Wider War
251
Hawk Dove or Chicken?
277
Notes
477
Bibliography
557
Index
571
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Jeff Shesol is the author of Supreme Power and Mutual Contempt, both selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He is a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and is a founding partner of West Wing Writers.

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