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Rethinking Camelot - JFK the Vietnam War and US Political Culture - cover

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Rethinking Camelot - JFK the Vietnam War and US Political Culture

Noam Chomsky

Publisher: Haymarket Books

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Summary

Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.
Available since: 03/30/2015.

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