Robert Kennedy: His Life

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Summary: Journalists, TV Reporters, and the Kennedy Charm
Review: This book provides a detailed, more even handed review of the RFK's history, mystique, and character then your typical Kennedy sycophant. What amazed me the most is the number of TV reporters, newspaper writers, and editors who either worked for RFK undercover, attended his nightly parties and vacation trips, or came over to the Government side to work for him. How can we expect objective reporting from these people (the names are in the book) when they were literally in RFK's pocket. I wish the author could have addressed this aspect in a little more detail.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This book was very good with telling Kennedy's life but unlike another book I read, it kept it positive. Thomas wrote a very good, fast paced, no nonsense biography. Kennedy was one of the greatest men in the 20th century and deserves a good biography.

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Summary: Very balanced and objective
Review: What distinguishes this biography is the balance that Mr. Thomas displays in his approach to this extraordinarily complex life. He does not lapse into hero worship nor does he attempt to titilate with speculation on Kennedy's affairs as some other writers have done. He presents well researched facts and where the truth is unknowable ...he says so. What emerges is a view into the character of a man which was large enough to contain many contradictory elements. I finished this book with a renewed feeling of admiration for Bobby Kennedy and the realization that the kind of idealism that he embodied is a quality that our current political and social leaders apparently lack. Kennedy's complicated personal relationships with his family,political rivals and other prominent personalities of his era are fascinating to read about and the source material is efficiently utilized to enhance a well written narative. This is a fine book that deserves to be widely read.