In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

Joseph A. Palermo

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Paper, 352 pages, 16 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12069-2
$29.00 / £20.00

April, 2001
Cloth, 352 pages, 16 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12068-5
$90.00 / £62.00

Preface

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

Epilogue: A Potential Unrealize

Bibliography

Series

• Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History

About the Author

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

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