He is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide.
His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. “An interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history.” “ strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists.” he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.” Chomsky argues that US institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding US behavior during the war in Vietnam.
In it, Chomsky dismisses efforts to resurrect Camelot-an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, fooled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdrawn from Vietnam had he lived. Kennedy’s role in the US invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Haymarket Books (2015, world English rights)
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