| Rethinking Camelot: Jfk, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture Contributor(s): Chomsky, Noam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608464032 ISBN-13: 9781608464036 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 wold 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 Vietnam. |