Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s

By: Jeffrey Smith

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope, when John F. Kennedy became the youngest elected President of the United States. Kennedy promised youthful, energetic leadership, as the country headed into the latter half of the 20th century, and christened his presidencey as the "New Frontier." After a thousand days, an assassin's bullets shattered the dreams of an idealisitic generation. Following JFK's assassination, an intense personal and poltical feud between the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, and deceased former President's younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy, dominated much of the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. Against the backdrop of assassinations, civil rights protests, the Cold War, the Space Race, and the Vietnam War, the epic duel between LBJ and RFK signficantly influenced the course of history.

Fascinating

While I’m not entirely convinced that some of the facts given are true, I found this book interesting and informative. However, the mispronunciation of names was a huge distraction.

Great story

Very good book, A I voice annoying with mispronouncing multiple names and words throughout book.

An AI reading

A good book overall. The limits of AI narration are obvious and distracting. Poorly edited as segments were loop-repeated.

Thorough and sad

Secret Service could have made a difference if they cared enough and were allowed to do their job.

Bad Narration

The AI narration made this tough to get through. Choppy sentences, mispronunciation of names. Also the book had numerous misquotes when there is audio/video reference of what was actually said.