Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American LiberalismEncounter Books, 14 oct. 2013 - 288 pages 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? |
Table des matières
TWO KENNEDY | 27 |
L INCOLN | 54 |
KENNEDY | 88 |
F IVE CONSP I RACY | 108 |
SI X ASSASSIN | 137 |
SEVEN CAMELOT | 180 |
EIGHT THE OLD L IBERAL ISMAND THE NEW | 199 |
A C K N OWL E D G M E N T S | 213 |
N O T E S | 215 |
B I B L I O G R A P H Y | 236 |
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