Being cynical about politicians is only natural, yet sometimes someone comes along who somehow taps into our natural craving for leadership, seemingly embodying the best of our national spirit and promising a better tomorrow via their charismatic presence alone. RFK is to many people the last politician they could trust emotionally, a man of infinite compassion yet ruthless integrity, a person of infinite compassion yet ruthless integrity, someone with a prosecutor's ferocity yet a poet's sensibility. He was murdered before he could really do much to validate the immense, almost messianic hopes that people laid on him, and this biography, written by a man who knew him well, takes you through his journey from hard-edged enforcer of justice to champion of the downtrodden in a way that will leave you greatly saddened at the cruelties of history. ( )

A not unexpectedly sycophantic account from one of the Kennedys' most enduring apologists; nonetheless, a very worthwhile read and an insight from inside the camp. For all their flaws they were agents for positive change in many areas. ( )

Yes, Schlesinger was definetely in the Kennedy corner, but so was I,
so I can't help being totally enthralled by this book.

And neither can I help feeling sad because it took just one creep to change the course of history- for the worst! ( )