Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade
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Brash Texan and cultivated Northeasterner, Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Their antagonism, propelled by clashing personalities, contrasting views, and deep, abiding animosity, would drive them to a bitterness so deep that even civil conversation was often impossible. Played out against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, theirs was a monumental political battle that would shape federal policy. Drawing on previously unexamined recordings and documents, as well as memoirs, biographies, and scores of personal interviews, Jeff Shesol weaves the threads of this epic story into a compelling narrative that reflects the impact of LBJ and RFK's tumultuous relationship on politics, civil rights, the war on poverty, and the war in Vietnam. - Account of Robert F. Kennedy's bitter relationship with Lyndon Johnson.
- Softcover, 591 pages.
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