The madness begins.(Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism)(Book review)

From: National Review | Date: August 13, 2007| Author: Moyar, Mark | Copyright information

Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism, by James Piereson (Encounter, 253 pp., $25.95)

PITIFULLY few subjects in American history have received, or wasted, as much ink as the Kennedy assassination. Conservatives, however, have written very little about the assassination, for among conservatives Kennedy has never commanded the reverence or infatuation he has from the left. Even those on the right who adm...

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