
The Kennedy Brothers
The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
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Peter Altschuler
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Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and the part that it played in their rise and fall. Eight years apart in age, they were wildly different in temperament and sensibility. Jack was the born leader—charismatic, ironic, capable of extraordinary growth and reach, yet also pathologically reckless. Bobby was the fearless, hardworking Boy Scout—unafraid of dirty work and ruthless about protecting his brother and destroying their enemies. Jack, it was said, was the first Irish Brahman, Bobby the last Irish Puritan.
As Mahoney demonstrates with brilliant clarity in this impeccably documented, magisterial book, the Kennedys lived their days of power in dangerous, trackless territory. The revolution in Cuba had created a poisonous cauldron of pro- and anti-Castro forces, the CIA, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, and the Mafia. Mahoney gives us Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination. (Originally published under the title Sons and Brothers.)
Richard D. Mahoney is Kennedy Scholar Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts. He is an expert on international economics and foreign policy. He is the author of two histories of the Kennedy administration, and was the Democratic secretary of state and acting governor of Arizona. He lives in Phoenix.
©1999, 2011 Richard D. Mahoney (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Editor reviews
With family connections as his starting point, former Arizona Secretary of State and scholar at the Kennedy Library Mahoney probes the intriguing relationship between Kennedy brothers "cool" Jack and "hot tempered" Bobb to provide a new perspective to a well-studied slice of American history. Their mutual devotion, as well as their loyalty to family patriarch Joseph, is explored with a serious, somber yet vibrant reading by Peter Altschuler and offers an engaging look at an iconic family as well as a persuasive take on the tumultuous 1960s: what led up to the era and how it continues to influence events of today.
I must say, that this book puts a spotlight on RK and does so with respect. I feel I have a better understanding of what happened/ what it was like then. I had to remind myself time and again that this is a true story because the events are so poignant, one might easily feel like it were fictional.
The book is a fairly long read/listen with such rich content one has to hang onto every word. A lot of characters there as well, I’d have to read it again.
Might get a hard copy just to look at on the shelf.
I will not forget this read for a very long time…….
Harrowing
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Interesting but didn’t like reader
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Closest thing there is to time travel.
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Politics, Mafia and Hollywood all meshed together
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Exactly what I wanted
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REVEALING
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Uncovering the facts behind the myths
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The narrative of the writer intertwines the Kennedy speeches and their reference to the Greek Gods with that of the tragedy of their own lives. For most, such a description would dramatise the elegance, but not this telling. The beauty is the tragedy and vise versa - I'm left thinking of what the world would have looked like had one or both lived.
The reader who loves the mystery of the kennedy's will not be disappointed, Jack had star quality, but is no doubt in my mind (nor the writers in this telling) that Bobby was the true diamond. A man who held the pressure all his life, rough around the edges before working himself into a piece of extordinary value. The example Bobby gave the world is that of ferocity, courage and gentleness. In a sad way, his ability to reflect and overcome his own flawed thinking shows us all that no one is beyond change and maybe, just maybe he came and went before the world needed him.
I encourage anyone to listen to this - you'll be glad they lived and sad they exited too soon.
The world without the Kennedy's
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Full of rich detail
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Quote....Unquote
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