Kennedy are thoroughly fleshed out, with Tye taking his time to contextualize each phase of Kennedy’s life in both the icon’s narrative and intellectual moral arc. Joseph McCarthy, Chief Counsel to the McClellan Committee and campaign manager for John F. Kennedy’s youth, experiences as counsel to the infamous Sen.

The first way Tye separates his biography from previous Kennedy biographies is in his attention to the earliest, sometimes overlooked, chapters of Kennedy’s life. As you would expect, the biography tells the story of its subject, Kennedy, but Tye’s work differs from the abundance of Bobby Kennedy-centered biographies and literature in two key respects. Tye’s book is the product of more than 400 interviews conducted over the course of four years, including interviews with some of the most trusted members of Kennedy’s inner-circle, such as his wife, Ethel Kennedy, and his aide and closest friend, John Seigenthaler. Senator and slain Presidential candidate and perhaps no book offers a more objective, thoughtful and inspiring survey of his life and legacy than Larry Tye’s book “Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon.” I am talking about Bobby Kennedy, the former U.S. Ted Kennedy, and not his grandson, Congressman Joe Kennedy III. Kennedy) - not his brother, President John F. That’s Bobby Kennedy - B-O-B-B-Y (of course also known by his legal name, Robert F.

(Juliette Wimpfheimer | Daily Trojan)Īmericans would benefit greatly from reading more about Bobby Kennedy. Author Larry Tye’s “Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon“ expands on the politician’s failures and successes.

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