Bobby and J. Edgar : the historic face-off between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that transformed America / Burton Hersh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hersh, Burton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.

Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Biography.

Attorneys general--United States--Biography.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Government executives--United States--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (657 p.)

Edition:

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An evaluation of the complex relationship between the Kennedy family and the FBI director traces their shared political years through their parallel rises and controversial deaths and considers the roles played by such figures as Joe McCarthy and Martin Luther King.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Book One THE PRELUDE TO POWER; 1 Hiding Joe; 2 The Legacy; 3 Two Confidence Men; 4 Gangster Values; 5 Tail Gunner Joe; 6 Roy; 7 Pillow Talk; 8 The Taste of Blood; Book Two POWER; 9 Hoffa; 10 The Gas in the Room; 11 It's Bobby!; 12 Panther Piss; 13 The Little Man; 14 Jack's Hair Would Have Turned White; PICTURE INSERT; 15 First Ethel, Now Us; 16 The Glamour Preacher; 17 A Wall-Banger of a Date; 18 Roy Cohn Redux; 19 The Patsy; Book Three THE AFTERMATH OF POWER; 20 The Hamlet Stage; 21 And So He Gave Them That; 22 The Kibosh on Those Jaspers; Source Notes

Selected BibliographyAcknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-96105-1

9786613793249

0-7867-3185-0

OCLC:

819637261