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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.
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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
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"Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet."
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"[Rethinking Camelot provides] strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists."
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"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."
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"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
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- PublisherHaymarket Books
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1608464032
- ISBN 13 9781608464036
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