Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture (Chomsky Perspectives) - Softcover

Noam Chomsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074533542X ISBN 13: 9780745335421

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2015

Synopsis

In a potent act of myth busting, Noam Chomsky turns his critical gaze upon the Kennedy Administration and draws controversial parallels between the Presidency of JFK and that of Ronald Reagan, with particular focus on the Vietnam War. For anyone persuaded that changing the world is simply a question of changing its leading figures this work will act both as a bitter pill and a powerful stimulant to action.

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Review:

-Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.-
--The New York Times Book Review
-[Rethinking Camelot provides] strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists.-
--Publisher's Weekly
-An interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history.-
--Choice
"Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet."
--The New York Times Book Review

"[Rethinking Camelot provides] strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists."
--Publisher's Weekly

"An interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history."
--Choice

About the Author:

Noam Chomsky is a world renowned linguist and one of our foremost social critics. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and the author of numerous books for Pluto Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 074533542X
• ISBN 13: 9780745335421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224