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Rethinking Camelot: Jfk, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture

Rethinking Camelot: Jfk, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture

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20th Century United States HistorySoutheast Asian HistoryVietnam War

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 1608464032
ISBN13: 9781608464036
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Apr 14 2015
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy's role in the U/S. invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. In it, Chomsky dismisses effort to resurrect Camelot--an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, fooled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdraws from Vietnam had he lived. Chomsky argues that U.S. institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding U.S. behavior during [the] Vietnam [War].

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