Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968)
Autor(a) de Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
About the Author
Robert "Bobby" Kennedy was the seventh of nine children in the wealthy Kennedy family of Massachusetts. When his elder brother John F. Kennedy became President in 1961, Robert was named Attorney General. The brothers had worked together during the campaign, with Robert serving as his brother's mostrar mais campaign manager. Robert Kennedy had been educated at Harvard University, served in the Navy during World War II, and received his law degree from Virginia Law School in 1951. Then he worked in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in 1951 and 1952, where he helped prosecute corruption and income-tax invasion cases. In the following years he served as congressional investigator for committees on Un-American Activities and on Improper Activities in Labor and Management. In 1961 Kennedy became Attorney General under President John F. Kennedy, and stayed on under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In that position he actively promoted civil rights by prosecuting people who violated the civil rights of minorities. He continued his pursuit of civil rights when he became Senator from New York in 1964. He also worked for antipoverty programs, medicare, and other social programs, and spoke out strongly against escalating involvement in Vietnam. Kennedy set out to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President in the 1968 election. He won five of the six primaries he entered and was becoming a formidable challenger, when Sirhan Sirhan, an Arab immigrant, shot him fatally on June 5, 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) Do not combine this page with that of the author's son, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thank you.
Image credit: Portrait by Robert Shetterly, americansWhoTellTheTruth.org
Obras de Robert F. Kennedy
I dream things that never were ... and say why not,: Quotations of Robert F. Kennedy (Stanyan books, 15) (1970) 9 cópias
Robert F. Kennedy Thirteen days 7 cópias
El enemigo en casa 2 cópias
The Spirit of Robert F. Kennedy 2 cópias
The quotable Robert F. Kennedy 2 cópias
Bobby Kennedy off-guard 2 cópias
Conspiracy? the Robert F. Kennedy assassination — Associated Name — 1 exemplar(es)
The killing of Robert Kennedy (an assassination scrap book) — Associated Name — 1 exemplar(es)
Robert Francis Kennedy: A Memorial 1 exemplar(es)
Bekenntnis zur Gerechtigkeit : ein Beispiel von Zivilcourage 1 exemplar(es)
Den verklige Anthony Fauci : Bill Gates, Big Pharma och det globala kriget mot demokrati och folkhälsa (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
The Real Anthony Fauci 1 exemplar(es)
Das wahre Gesicht des Dr. Fauci: Bill Gates, die Pharmaindustrie und der globale Krieg gegen Demokratie und Gesundheit (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
Ma lutte contre la corruption, les kennedy face à jimmy hoffa et au gangstérisme syndical (1964) 1 exemplar(es)
The Wuhan Cover-Up: How US Health Officials Conspired with the Chinese Military to Hide the Origins of COVID-19… (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
O desafio da América Latina 1 exemplar(es)
Í leit að betri heimi 1 exemplar(es)
Il sogno spezzato: le idee di Robert Kennedy 1 exemplar(es)
Assassination 1 exemplar(es)
Robert F. Kennedy: Apostle of Change 1 exemplar(es)
Different Paths of a Common Goal 1 exemplar(es)
Tributo a J.F.K. - y otros discursos 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Speeches of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Orations Deserving of a Wider Audience (2018) — Narrador, algumas edições — 50 cópias
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 3, Number 3 (Autumn 1968) (1968) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Kennedy, Robert F.
- Nome de batismo
- Kennedy, Robert Francis
- Outros nomes
- Kennedy, Robert Francis, Sr.
Kennedy, Bobby - Data de nascimento
- 1925-11-20
- Data de falecimento
- 1968-06-06
- Local de enterro
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA - Educação
- Harvard University (BA|1948)
University of Virginia (LL.B|1951) - Ocupação
- campaign manager
politician
United States Attorney General (1961-1964)
U.S. Senator (New York ∙ 1965-1968 ∙ Democrat)
Presidential candidate - Relacionamentos
- Kennedy, Joseph P. (father)
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald (mother)
Kennedy, John F. (brother)
Kennedy, Edward M. (brother)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. (son)
Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor (son) (mostrar todas 9)
Shriver, Maria (niece)
Kennedy, Caroline (niece)
Lawford, Christopher Kennedy (nephew) - Organizações
- United States Navy
- Premiações
- Congressional Gold Medal (1978)
- Aviso de desambiguação
- Do not combine this page with that of the author's son, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thank you.
Membros
Resenhas
Thirteen Days: A Memoir Of The Cuban Missile Crisis de Robert F Kennedy
I can't believe I had this book for a few months before I actually read it. Incredible book and now I'm obsessed with the Cuban Missle Crisis.
I can't believe I had this book for a few months before I actually read it. Incredible book and now I'm obsessed with the Cuban Missle Crisis.
Reading it aloud to my 12 year old really helped me focus on and understand what occurred. It was fascinating to read RFK’s behind the scenes report, then read the official documents.
During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light, especially from the Soviet Union.… (mais)
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