The Kennedy Men or A New History of Social Welfare

The Kennedy Men: Three Generations of Sex, Scandal and Secrets

Author: Nellie Bly

Unparalleled by any other family in the history of our nation, the Kennedys have become a legend for the scandals, the love and the mysteries that surround them.

The Kennedy Men: Three Generations of Sex, Scandal, and Secrets uncovers the truth about this long-admired family. Learn what they have endured and the truth about the men who play by their own rules: JFK’s rumored first marriage, President Kennedy’s Oval Office tapes, the night Marilyn Monroe died and the subsequent cover-up, the Good Friday rape case, Teddy Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick tragedy.

Publishers Weekly

This is Kennedy family history for a visitor from Saturn, a by-the-clips stampede through the generations from Joe Sr. and his dynastic ambitions through the Joe/Jack/Bobby/Teddy era, trailing off into chronological snippets on every fourth-generation Kennedy infant. There's nothing new here unless one didn't know that Kennedy males drink a lot and have drawn more of their share of tragic cards from the deck. Had we forgotten that Rory Kennedy was arrested in 1984 for demonstrating in D.C. against apartheid in front of the South African embassy? Or that John F. Kennedy Jr. failed his New York bar exam more than once? The short story here is that Kennedy men are aggressive, oversexed spoiled brats and that their women are nobly struggling to full citizenship in the clan. Bly, a pseudonymous author oddly both pictured and named (Sarah Gallick) in the accompanying publicity, assembles her material conscientiously and identifies almost every anecdote and quotation by its origin in another Kennedy volume. She isn't pretending access to any primary sources, but she's read a lot of books by "pocket Kennedy historians," including Arthur Schlesinger and Doris Kearns Goodwin. This is for Kennedy fanatics only. Photos not seen by PW. (Mar.)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
	Part One: An American Gothic
	Chapter One: The Marriage of Joe and Rose	9
	Chapter Two: Joe Heads for Hollywood - Alone	19
	Chapter Three: Joe Finds a Hero in Franklin D. Roosevelt	27
	Chapter Four: The Kennedys at the Court of St. James	37
	Chapter Five: The Kennedys Go to War	48
	Part Two: The Postwar Boom
	Chapter Six: The First Kennedy Campaign	61
	Chapter Seven: Jack Aims for Vice President and Takes a Bride	73
	Chapter Eight: Jack's Presidential Campaign	86
	Part Three: Living on the New Frontier
	Chapter Nine: Days of Heaven: Life in the Kennedy White House	97
	Chapter Ten: Dark Clouds Gather	131
	Part Four: After Camelot
	Chapter Eleven: Bobby's Brief Moment	149
	Part Five: The Rise and Fall of Cadillac Eddie
	Chapter Twelve: Teddy's Turn	167
	Chapter Thirteen: Chappaquiddick	176
	Chapter Fourteen: Teddy's Power Fades	191
	Part Six: The Legacy
	Chapter Fifteen: Collapse of the Dream	223
	Part Seven: Welcome to the Nineties
	Chapter Sixteen: A New Generation in the Spotlight	269
	Chapter Seventeen: Palm Beach Scandal	275
	Chapter Eighteen: Final Curtain	310
	Appendix	321
	Notes and Sources	331
	Bibliography	346
	Index	351

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A New History of Social Welfare

Author: Phyllis J Day

What Colleagues are Saying:

“I very much like the book. The format is good, the content is excellent, and the author does a good job of staying current on issues.” — Brenda K.J. Crawley, Loyola University Chicago

“The approach of attempting to answer the “why” of social welfare is very useful… The “why” approach aids in encouraging more reflection of the content.” — Brenda K.J. Crawley, Loyola University Chicago

“Day’s approach has an easy flow and I find the chronological progression of the profession itself is interwoven with ideology of basic human need chapter by chapter.  I assign students to read all the chapters, as I believe any one of them might gain some important piece of information, some new understanding or some unanswered question that we can then take on as an entire class.” — Anna May Walsh, Sussex County Community College

“Material in each chapter is presented in a way that holds student interest but also offers a challenge.” -- Anna May Walsh, Sussex County Community College

“Day’s book has many strengths.  It is very well-written and makes history very interesting.  The text is easy to understand and engaging to the reader.  The book is well-organized, and comprehensive.  Its chronological scope covers the early African origins of humankind through the New Millennium, and includes a detailed analysis of social welfare in the United States.  A final strength of the book is the author’s apparent willingness to invite and integrate input and perspectives from other social work educatorsthroughout the country.  She achieves her objective, in my view, of answering the “why” of social welfare, and she consistently incorporates learning content and analytical perspectives from the “subjects/victims/recipients/clients” viewpoints.” — Stan L Bowie, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

“The writing style in Day’s 5^th edition is straightforward, engaging, and flows in a manner that keeps the material fresh and interesting.  The context is quite in-depth, comprehensive, thoroughly backed up with current and relevant citations and references, and presented in a detailed fashion that is conducive to learning.” -- Stan L Bowie, University of Tennessee, Knoxville