Edward Kennedy An Intimate Biography

by Hersh, Burton

• ISBN13: 9781582436289
• ISBN10: 1582436282
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

Historian and journalist Hersh combines extensive critical research with more than 50 years of never-before-told anecdotes and observations from his lifelong acquaintance with Kennedy to create an indelible portrait of one of the most influential senators in American history.

Author Biography

Burton Hersh has long been regarded as Edward Kennedy's principal biographer and is the author of such widely respected nonfiction as Bobby and J. Edgar, The Shadow President, The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA, and The Mellon Family. A veteran journalist, he has contributed to such publications as Esquire, The Washingtonian, and The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Initiation of the Minotaur
Root Systems
Origins	p. 5
Honey Fitz and P.J.	p. 9
Joe	p. 15
Political Lullabies
Fortune-building	p. 19
Teddy	p. 22
The Superior Older Brothers	p. 32
Last-born	p. 37
Joey	p. 43
Atonement	p. 47
Adolescence	p. 48
Whelping The Juggernaut
Congress	p. 50
Cold War	p. 55
The Congressman	p. 58
The Kennedy Machine	p. 61
School Days	p. 67
The Cheating Scandal	p. 71
Vice President	p. 79
Law School	p. 86
Campaign Manager	p. 91
The Castle
Joe	p. 101
The Proconsul	p. 108
Joan	p. 121
Career	p. 125
The Cheating Scandal	p. 136
McCormack	p. 140
The Senate
Apprenticeship	p. 161
The Crash	p. 173
Teddy and Bob-Part One
Status	p. 188
Prerogatives	p. 192
Immigration	p. 196
Voting Rights	p. 201
Morrissey	p. 209
Teddy and Bob-Part Two
A Sniffer for Issues	p. 225
Two Senators Kennedy	p. 234
Bobby	p. 245
Cannonball
The Hamlet Phase	p. 254
Indiana	p. 269
The Primaries	p. 279
Los Angeles	p. 287
Two Summers
Recovery	p. 292
Temptation	p. 298
The Whip	p. 315
Law and Order	p. 325
Alaska	p. 338
Gargan's Party	p. 344
Human Size
The Crawl Back	p. 381
Chappaquiddick Redux	p. 386
Strategizing Defense	p. 392
Carswell	p. 399
Reelection	p. 405
Ambush	p. 413
The Shadow President
The Comeback
Confession	p. 431
Love and Death	p. 436
Finishing Nixon
Remaining Alive	p. 442
Cross-purposes	p. 444
Abortion	p. 445
The New Nixon	p. 446
Family Life	p. 453
Changing the Guard	p. 456
The Brass Ring
Premonitions	p. 464
Foreign Affairs	p. 467
The Tempters	p. 470
The Challenger	p. 475
The Politics of Counterinsurgency
Linebacker	p. 485
Private Life	p. 493
Working Both Sides	p. 495
Bork	p. 500
Abroad	p. 501
Bishop Tutu	p. 503
Bush I
Catch-up	p. 506
Beyond Bimbo Limbo	p. 507
Palm Beach	p. 512
Rosemary	p. 521
Recovery	p. 523
Vicki	p. 525
Back From the Dead
Clinton	p. 529
Mitt	p. 534
Battle	p. 538
Infighting	p. 540
Debate	p. 550
While the Dust Settled
The Contract on America	p. 555
The Coming Storm	p. 564
Compensating for Gridlock	p. 572
Endgame
Safe Haven	p. 577
Bush II	p. 580
The Final Campaign	p. 585
Requiem For a Minotaur	p. 588
Acknowledgments	p. 591
Notes	p. 595
Bibliography	p. 637
Photo Credits	p. 642
Index	p. 643
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