As one of the most complex, charismatic and controversial figures of our times, Robert F. Kennedy occupies a remarkable and paradoxical place in the American imagination. His admirers say he represented the last hope of revitalizing the liberal tradition while his detractors point to his personal ruthlessness, his total dedication to President John F. Kennedy’s political career and his involvement with the McCarthy Committee. But who was Robert Kennedy? What kind of human being was he? How different was he from the myth that surrounded his name. Part of him was a visionary, a radical, a pr
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