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ROBERT F. KENNEDY IN THE STREAM OF HISTORY
Introduction
Robert Francis Kennedy's positive world vision for the advancement of peace, justice, equality, and responsibility continues to capture the world's imagination decades after his assassination. Following in the footsteps of his slain brother, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert renounced the unworkable dogmas that held both Russia and the United States in seemingly intractable positions-even to the point of engaging in nuclear war. Robert embraced peaceful coexistence in an era of militarism. Like his brother, Robert was receptive to a standing-down from armed rivalry with Russia. During the thousand-day presidency of John F. Kennedy, it can be said that the president and Robert together shared the presidency. They both sought to change the status quo in just about every arena of human activity. From reducing Cold War tensions to advancing the cause of human and civil rights at home and around the globe, they were visionaries. After the president's assassination in , Robert Kennedy was more fully on his own. In his post role, Robert sought to expand his brother's legacy. In so doing, he made it his own.
As visionaries, John and Robert stood for ideals that were not confined to a nationalistic ethos
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Back to top‘Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it.’
– Robert F. Kennedy.
Robert Francis Kennedy, often affectionately called Bobby, was for many people a beacon of hope after the assassinations of Martin Luther King and his older brother John F. Kennedy. When Robert Kennedy was running for president in it seemed he was going to live up to this status, by giving speeches articulating hope for a better world, and yet not distancing himself from the common man, for example by reflecting on his bad temper with the joke: ‘"I am not ruthless. And if I find out who has called me ruthless I will destroy him."’ (Schlesinger, , p. ) All this lasted until he too was assassinated on June the sixth, , which according to some expanded the myth around his persona.
During his presidential campaign, Robert Kennedy wrote a book called Thirteen Days (Kennedy, ). This book, which was published posthumously, is about the Cuban Missile Crisis of and his role therein. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a now-legendary event during the Cold War starting when the Soviet-Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, their new-found ally, which together with the reaction of the United States brought the world to the brink of an
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