Camelot and the cultural revolution is the events before during and after John F. Kennedy assassination. James Pierson a conservative and writer of this book shares his view on the camelot myth and how this affected liberalism after words. He writes doesn 't just write about how Oswald assassinated JFK but also about the spectacular American culture shift afterwards. Pierson elaborates on how the American “left” came to conspiratorial thinking. It goes deeper into the assassination in different ways talking about liberalism and how it has changed since his assassination, Kennedy 's ways, conspiracy, influences. The Killing of JFK led to the ending of American Liberalism.
In the first chapter of the book it talk about LIberalism .Liberalism …show more content…
Kennedy was becoming an advocate for civil rights; some would say a Martyr of Lincoln. He wanted the nation to be one culture together made of many smaller cultures. Since he was a liberalist he was all about being equal and how to change that in America. Kennedys biggest influence in his civil rights was Martin Luther King Jr. and obviously the efforts of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln tried to make civil rights understood by every person and he used the bible in a way which christians understood them to realize he was speaking truth. “He spoke deliberately in terms that were immediately understood by christians well versed in the bible” (pg. 70) He did this for people who believed in slavery because of their religion, he was trying to reach every person. Kennedy essentially did the same thing but through different way which then led to Kennedy 's assassination. Kennedy was killed because of his strong beliefs in civil rights.
After that they talked about the conspiracy circling in American after Kennedy 's death. After Kennedy 's death many people went to conspiracies for answers to why this would happen and who to blame. “a conspiracy theory is a moral explanation of things gone wrong”. (pg.108) Many of these coming from the left side. Conspiracies of lincolns were always about how the “southern rebels” were responsible for the killing. Therefore many believed possible the same thing for Kennedy. Lee harvey Oswald was later …show more content…
Camelot was book about James Piereson view of Kennedy 's assassination. He believes that the reason liberalism went down was because of solely Kennedy’s death and all the things that changed after this event. He also takes his views from the fact that kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. He sees it as if Oswald shot him and he followed communism than communism is to blame for the Killing of JFK. As for many books and people before authors took up the topic as to who killed him. This opens up for a whole new viewpoint on the entire situation. Which cause for the asking of new questions. He answered all these things thoroughly in this
In the first chapter of the book it talk about LIberalism .Liberalism …show more content…
Kennedy was becoming an advocate for civil rights; some would say a Martyr of Lincoln. He wanted the nation to be one culture together made of many smaller cultures. Since he was a liberalist he was all about being equal and how to change that in America. Kennedys biggest influence in his civil rights was Martin Luther King Jr. and obviously the efforts of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln tried to make civil rights understood by every person and he used the bible in a way which christians understood them to realize he was speaking truth. “He spoke deliberately in terms that were immediately understood by christians well versed in the bible” (pg. 70) He did this for people who believed in slavery because of their religion, he was trying to reach every person. Kennedy essentially did the same thing but through different way which then led to Kennedy 's assassination. Kennedy was killed because of his strong beliefs in civil rights.
After that they talked about the conspiracy circling in American after Kennedy 's death. After Kennedy 's death many people went to conspiracies for answers to why this would happen and who to blame. “a conspiracy theory is a moral explanation of things gone wrong”. (pg.108) Many of these coming from the left side. Conspiracies of lincolns were always about how the “southern rebels” were responsible for the killing. Therefore many believed possible the same thing for Kennedy. Lee harvey Oswald was later …show more content…
Camelot was book about James Piereson view of Kennedy 's assassination. He believes that the reason liberalism went down was because of solely Kennedy’s death and all the things that changed after this event. He also takes his views from the fact that kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. He sees it as if Oswald shot him and he followed communism than communism is to blame for the Killing of JFK. As for many books and people before authors took up the topic as to who killed him. This opens up for a whole new viewpoint on the entire situation. Which cause for the asking of new questions. He answered all these things thoroughly in this