Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy, also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was one of US President John F. Kennedy’s younger brothers, and one of his most trusted advisors and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
After his brother’s assassination in late 1963, Kennedy continued as Attorney General under President Johnson for nine months. He resigned in September 1964 and was elected to the United States Senate from New York that November. He broke with Johnson over the Vietnam War, among other issues.
Books in order of publication:
The Enemy Within: The McClellan Committee’s Crusade Against Jimmy Hoffa and Corrupt Labor Unions (1960)
Just Friends and Brave Enemies (1962)
The Pursuit of Justice (1964)
To Seek a Newer World, essays (1967)
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis, published posthumously (1969)
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