05-12-2017, 07:39 PM
Jim, have you read Joseph Palermo's book focussing on the 1968 campaign. It's called In His Own Right.
IMO its one of the 5 most important books on 20th century US political history.
Its really that good.
One of the reasons is, in a way it solves the manufactured dichotomy between Social History and Political History and does this so well, that one grows properly suspicious about why and when Academia bifurcated these.
It this new book is ten per cent as good, its amazing. Palermo's book, IMO is absolutely essential and readers will find virtually no overlap with other RFK books.
Reading it, one feels as if one is Inside The Hinge, at the turning point in the American Century. Understanding the last time US politics changed directions is essential. That's why so much effort has gone into obfuscating the class dynamics of the 1968 primaries.
IMO its one of the 5 most important books on 20th century US political history.
Its really that good.
One of the reasons is, in a way it solves the manufactured dichotomy between Social History and Political History and does this so well, that one grows properly suspicious about why and when Academia bifurcated these.
It this new book is ten per cent as good, its amazing. Palermo's book, IMO is absolutely essential and readers will find virtually no overlap with other RFK books.
Reading it, one feels as if one is Inside The Hinge, at the turning point in the American Century. Understanding the last time US politics changed directions is essential. That's why so much effort has gone into obfuscating the class dynamics of the 1968 primaries.