The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
by Thurston Clarke
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Author: Thurston ClarkeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-26
ISBN: 0805090223
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
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Book Review: 1968: a time it was...
Summary: 4 Stars
Released at a time that corresponds with both the 40th anniversary of RFK's run and the last presidential election, it make for an engaging read. As Kennedy stated he didn't "...lightly dismiss the dangers and the difficulties...but these are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election." True words of the turbulent era. Vietnam was in its 3rd year as far as direct involvement of US combat troops, racial tension and riots continued at home and Americans were looking for leadership out of the morass.
The author does a good job of setting up the climate of those days and insight as to RFK thoughts and the hopes/goals he deeply wanted to come to fruition. The matter of running was not a easy decision, the agony over it went on for a long time and the debate is covered in the book from many sides; including both inside the Kennedy family and outside of it. There were many to contend with, including, President Johnson, Eugene McCarthy, the fractured Democratic party, Nixon and the Republican party. Finally, in February 1968, Kennedy tells his friends and advisers he felt he had no choice but run or he would be "nothing. "It was a "moral obligation". The author shows the dark clouds that formed in reaction to Kennedy's decision to run.
The book reads like a political thriller but of-course this was not a story of fiction. Like a book or film on the "Titanic" we all know have things ended. It is getting to that point in time that is interesting. The author has not written a book that is some fuzzy, glowing highlight reel but one that shows the human side of Kennedy and the drama (and divisiveness) that marked that year. Lastly, one cannot read this book without drawing a few parallels to the more recent history of our nation with the presidency of George W. Bush, the war in Iraq and the election of 2008.
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