Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism

Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism
ISBN-10
159403754X
ISBN-13
9781594037542
Category
Political Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2013-11-05
Publisher
Encounter Books
Author
James Piereson

Description

James Piereson examines the bizarre aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination: Why in the years after the assassination did the American Left become preoccupied with conspiratorial thinking? How and why was Kennedy transformed in death into a liberal icon and a martyr for civil rights? In what way was the assassination linked to the collapse of mid-century liberalism, a doctrine which until 1963 was the reigning philosophy of the nation?

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