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Rent Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: Oct 2013
Genre: History - United States - 20th Century
Retail Price: $15.99
Pages: 288
Synopsis
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?