Palermo In His Own Right

The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-50265-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Palermo, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Odyssey Begins
1. On His Own: Kennedy's Evolving Critique of the War, May 1965–February 1966
2. A Slow Path to Peace: Kennedy Calls for a Negotiated Settlement, March 1966–March 1967
3. At the Center of the Storm: Kennedy and the Shifting Political Winds of 1967
4. "The Hottest Place in Hell": Kennedy, the Democrats, and the McCarthy Candidacy
5. The Collapse of the Myths: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Tet Offensive, January–February 1968
6. The Breaking Point: Kennedy Responds to Tet, February 8, 1968
7. Fifteen Days in March: Kennedy Challenges Johnson, March 1968
8. Civil Rights and the Urban Rebellions, Kennedy, King, and the Politics of Race, 1965-1968
9. Building a Coalition: Kennedy and the Primaries, March 16–May 28, 1968
10. California: Kennedy's Last Campaign, May–June 1968
Conclusion: A Potential Unrealized
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph A Palermo lectures at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written for Peace & Change and other journals.