The Dark Side of Camelot
by Seymour M. Hersh
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Author: Seymour M. HershEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09-01
ISBN: 0316360678
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: A Great Reporter on the Life of the Century
Summary: 5 Stars
Could there have been a man, a family, a time period more written about than John F. Kennedy and his Camelot? I doubt it. Before reading this book, I had my doubts as to whether it would teach me anything new; after all, it admittedly draws on hundreds of books previously written about the Kennedy family. But there was one crucial element I did not count on, and that's the fact that Hersh adds a credibility that elevates this scandalous life well above mere scandal and truly paints a political tragedy. I believe Hersh; I believed his research; I believe his motives. I believe his facts, from Joseph Kennedy's vehement pro-Nazi anti-semiticism to JFK's astoundingly arrogant flirtation, not merely with infidelity, and with the underworld, but with public exposure. Malcolm X was soundly criticized for his response to the JFK assassination, stating something like "The chickens have come home to roost." No other book that I have read about the Kennedys has so soundly proven the insight of Malcolm X; for, as this book proves, Joseph Kennedy spawned an attitude, a way of political life, and a son, whose privilege was distorted in a direction that assured his own destruction. Simply put, the Kennedy's used people, used their great wealth, used privilege, even their god given beauty, with little or no thought of the consequences of their actions, or the people they deceived and double-crossed, or the many more they infuriated. It's not a pretty history but it's an indispensible one for an understanding of the way power works in America.
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