The Eighties
Joseph A. Palermois an associate professor of history at California State University, Sacramento. He received his bachelor's degrees in sociology and anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz; a master's degree in history from San Jose State University; and a master's degree and doctorate in American history from Cornell University. His expertise includes political history, presidential politics, presidential war powers, social movements of the 20th century, social movements of the 1960s, civil rights and the history of American foreign policy. He has written two books on Robert F. Kennedy:In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy(Columbia University Press, 2001); andRobert F. Kennedy and the Death of American Idealism(Pearson Longman, 2008). Professor Palermo has also written articles for anthologies on the life of Father Daniel Berrigan inThe Human Tradition in America Since 1945(Scholarly Resources Press, 2003); and on the Watergate scandal inWatergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon(CQ Press, 2004).