The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
by By Mahoney, Richard D.
Category: History , United States , 20th Century

A New York Times Best Seller!Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and  the part that it played in their rise and fall. Eight years apart in  age, they were wildly different in temperament and sensibility.  Jack was the born leader&#151;charismatic, ironic, capable of extraordinary growth and reach, yet also pathologically reckless. Bobby  was the fearless, hardworking Boy Scout&#151;unafraid of dirty work  and ruthless about protecting his brother and destroying their enemies. Jack, it was said, was the first Irish Brahman, Bobby the last  Irish Puritan.  As Mahoney demonstrates with brilliant clarity in this impeccably  documented, magisterial book, the Kennedys lived their days of  power in dangerous, trackless territory. The revolution in Cuba  had created a poisonous cauldron of pro- and anti-Castro forces,  the CIA, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, and the Mafia. Mahoney gives us  Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and  fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is  a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues  to hold the American imagination. Originally published under the title Sons and Brothers.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.