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Camelot and the cultural revolution : how the assassination of John F. Kennedy shattered American liberalism
Title:
Camelot and the cultural revolution : how the assassination of John F. Kennedy shattered American liberalism
Author:
Piereson, James.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Encounter Books, 2013.
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 253 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:
Citing the assassination of John F. Kennedy as a major turning point in American history, the author evaluates how the tragedy reshaped the president's character and changed the American public's faith in the nation's institutions and way of life.
General Note:
"The Kennedy assassination 50 years later"--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Foreword to the 2013 edition -- Foreword to the paperback edition -- Introduction -- Liberalism -- Kennedy -- Martyr : Lincoln -- Martyr : Kennedy -- Conspiracy -- Camelot -- Old liberalism and the new.
ISBN:
9781594037436
Format :
Book