Описание:

Most of us would be surprised to learn just how heavily intertwined are the histories of one of the most reviled and one of the most beloved American political icons. Together with RFK’s father, Joe Kennedy, a man of mythic proportions who presided over the pairing, Bobby and J. Edgar formed a unique triumvirate marked by conflict and betrayal and, beneath it all, a near-Shakespearean familial bond.

Told in intimate anecdotal detail, “Bobby and J. Edgar” is set against the ongoing context of Joe Kennedy's behind-the-scenes manipulation of key players in Congress, organized crime, and his own family.

Hersh reveals Joe Kennedy's successful plot to push Lyndon Johnson into the vice presidential nomination by secretly helping Hoover manipulate JFK and RFK, as well as RFK’s scheme to drive Roy Cohn out of the McCarthy Committee, which ultimately helped destroy the controversial senator. The story extends through a web of alliance and deceit, adultery and sexual unorthodoxy, encompassing major figures from Joe McCarthy to Martin Luther King and Marilyn Monroe, from organized crime leaders Frank Costello, Johnny Rosselli, and Carlos Marcello to President Richard Nixon.

With compelling new research, Burton Hersh, a historian and the author of “The Old Boys” sheds light on this complex relationship, from their early years in politics and their parallel rise to power, to their controversial deaths.