”The Dark Side of Camelot, ” a brand new guide by the investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh, relentlessly attempts to demythologize John F. Kennedy, portraying him as a careless, often-immoral cad whom accepted the assistance of mobsters to take the 1960 Presidential election, became enthusiastic about the necessity to assassinate Fidel Castro, and, against their better judgment, steered the united states of america deeper to the Vietnam war in order not to ever appear poor in their campaign for the term that is second.
Mr. Hersh’s tasks are a assortment of exposes, some big, some little, in place of a well-balanced account that is historical. Much anticipated, it really is already much reviled, attracting very early criticism from conventional historians like Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. And Stephen E. Ambrose and article writers like Theodore C. Continue reading “Book Portrays J.F.K. As Reckless and Immoral”