Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade

"Mutual Contempt is at once a fascinating study in character and an illuminating meditation on the role character can play in shaping history." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Their antagonism, propelled by clashing personalities, contrasting views, and a deep, abiding animosity, would drive them to a bitterness so deep that even civil conversation was often impossible. Played out against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, theirs was ...