In love with night
Subtitle: the American romance with Robert Kennedy
By: Ronald Steel.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Public opinion.; Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 -- Assassination.; Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 -- Influence.; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "More than three decades have passed since Robert Kennedy was assassinated seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency. During that time a powerful legend has grown around him. It decrees that he would have quickly ended the Vietnam War, violence in the cities, and racial and social injustice across the land. Millions of Americans continue to believe that legend."--BOOK JACKET.

"But would he have done what so many wanted from him? Is the Robert Kennedy legend just that - a legend based more on hope and longing than on reality?"--BOOK JACKET. "Drawing on his interpretation of Kennedy's character, historian Ronald Steel examines the life against the legend."--BOOK JACKET.

"With empathy, yet with skepticism, Steel holds up to scrutiny the three central elements of the Kennedy legend: the faith in a golden kingdom of Camelot that could be restored, the belief that he would have achieved the goals that liberals sought, and the hope that he would have united blacks and whites in common endeavor."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209) and index.