Book Portrays J.F.K. As Reckless and Immoral
”The Dark Side of Camelot, ” a fresh guide by the investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh, relentlessly attempts to demythologize John F. Kennedy, portraying him as a reckless, often-immoral cad whom accepted the assistance of mobsters to take the 1960 Presidential election, became enthusiastic about the requirement to assassinate Fidel Castro, and, against their better judgment, steered the united states of america deeper to the Vietnam war in order not to appear poor in the campaign for the term that is second.
Mr. Hersh’s tasks are an accumulation of exposes, some big, some tiny, in place of a balanced historic account. Much anticipated, it really is already much reviled, attracting criticism that is early main-stream historians like Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. And Stephen E. Ambrose and authors like Theodore C. Read More →