My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it I interview John Bohrer about his new book on the emergence of Robert Kennedy as a politician after the assassination of his brother Jack. Enjoy!
Until John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963 Robert Kennedy's political career had been subsumed into that of his brother. As manager for John's 1952 Senate and 1960 presidential campaigns, Robert was the one who did the disagreeable work, serving as the bad cop so as to avoid accruing any...