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“Bobby,” welfare state and
    bureaucracy of, see Bureaucracy
    intellectual origins of
    Stimsonians and, see Stimsonian statesmen, welfare state and undermining of individual’s capacity for achievement
    welfare reform bill of 1996
    Welles, Sumner
    Wharton, Edith
    White, Byron R. “Whizzer”
    White, Theodore
    Whitney, Dick
    Why England Slept
    Whyte, W. H.
    Williams, Edward Bennett
    Williams, G. Mennen “Soapy”
    Williams, Hosea
    Wills, Garry
    Wilson, Edmund
    Wilson, Harold
    Wilson, Sloan
    Wilson, Woodrow
    Women in political life
    Wood, Gordon
    Wood, Natalie
    Woodin, William
    Yale Law School
    Yale University
    Yalta conference
    Young, Andrew
    Young England movement

PRAISE FOR THE LAST PATRICIAN
    â€œUnorthodox and stimulating … [ The Last Patrician ] will force many to reevaluate the Kennedy they thought they knew.”
    â€” Publishers Weekly
    â€œA lively, audacious argument.”
    â€” The New York Times Book Review
    â€œ The Last Patrician is likely to provoke and enlighten readers, regardless of their predispositions. As such, it is a rare work, well worth the read.”
    â€” Mobile Register
    â€œA fascinating portrait of an American aristocracy that sought grandeur and importance in government service.… The Last Patrician is both engaging and effective.”
    â€” The Roanoke Times
    â€œUtterly convincing … [Beran] reminds us how much we lost when Bobby Kennedy fell to an assassin’s bullet thirty years ago.”
    â€” Kirkus Reviews
    â€œThis stunning and most reflective of the current RFK books ponders the historical and intellectual roots of his political philosophy.”
    â€” Library Journal
    â€œThis is a book of wide breadth that questions many of our assumptions.… Highly recommended.”
    â€” Booklist
    â€œFascinating … A truly exciting book, by a very young author, one of those all-too-rare experiences where the reader is drawn back again to rethink and reconsider what he thought he knew.”
    â€” History Book Club
    â€œBeran writes so gracefully.…”
    â€” Salon
    â€œSpirited and thoughtful…”
    â€” The Globe and Mail (Canada)
    â€œ[A] remarkable book…”
    â€” The Boston Globe Magazine
    â€œA welcome rejoinder to the customary take on the Kennedy family.…”
    â€” Tucson Weekly

 
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THE LAST PATRICIAN: BOBBY KENNEDY AND THE END OF AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY . Copyright © 1998 by Michael Knox Beran. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
    Frontispiece: Bobby Kennedy on the Acropolis, mid-1960s ( AP/Wide World Photos ).
    Part One, here : Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy posed with their nine children for this photo in 1938 in Bronxville, New York. From left, seated, are Eunice, Jean, Edward (on lap of his father), Kennedy, Patricia, and Kathleen, and standing, Rosemary, Robert, John, Mrs. Kennedy, and Joseph Jr. ( AP/Wide World Photos ).
    Part Two, here : Bobby Kennedy campaigns in Greenburg, Indiana, in May 1968 with a chipped tooth and a bruised lip. Bobby was pulled from his convertible in a motorcade the night before by enthusiastic supporters ( AP/Wide World Photos ).
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