Rethinking Camelot: Jfk, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture

Explores JFK's role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.

Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 04/14/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781608464036
ISBN10: 1608464032
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- History | Asia | Southeast Asia
- History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics.Chomsky is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of countries worldwide. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism and Despair, and Internationalism of Extinction.