Word: rfk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THOSE PEOPLE who pride themselves on owning the complete set of Kennedy biographies might buy On His Own: RFK 1964-68, but there is no compelling reason why anyone should read it. For even though this book chronicles episodes in Kennedy's life that have not been covered in detail before, it is basically a reiteration of the worn cliches about Robert Kennedy and a re-hash of the controversial incidents that have preoccupied his other biographers...
...coverage of Kennedy's activities in the four and a half year period from his brother's death to his own is-in contrast to the overall lack of profundity-quite comprehensive. The book describes RFK's trips to South Africa and Latin America in greater detail than previous biographies, includes better coverage of his involvement in New York politics, and does add new information concerning the epsodes which have already been written about to death. Much of this new material is interesting, some of it is lucidly written-but it is included with little or no purpose: the authors...