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The Dark Side of Camelot Paperback – September 1, 1998

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A monumental work of investigative journalism from one of the greatest reporters in American history, revealing the Kennedy White House as never before.

In this widely acclaimed and bestselling book, the award-winning investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh reveals a John F. Kennedy we have never seen before, a man insulated from the normal consequences of behavior long before he entered the White House. His father, Joe, set the pattern: Kennedys could do exactly what they wanted. There was no secret that money and charm could not hide. Kennedys wrote their own moral code.

By the end of Jack Kennedy's life, his private recklessness had begun to edge into his public life, putting him -- and his nation -- at risk. Now, for the first time, Seymour Hersh tells the real story of those risks, as he brilliantly re-creates the life and world of a crisis-driven president who maintained a facade of cool toughness while negotiating private compromises unknown to even his closest advisers.

"Not merely a great read, Much of what's in The Dark Side of Camelot is also 1) new; 2) shocking; 3) well supported; and 4) worth knowing." --Jacob Weisberg, Slate

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September 1, 1998
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0316360678
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Seymour M. Hersh is one of America's premier investigative reporters. In 1969, as a freelance journalist, he wrote the first account of the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam. In the 1970s, he worked at the New York Times in Washington, DC, and New York. He has received more than a dozen major journalism prizes, including the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and four George Polk Awards. His books include Cover-up: The Army's Secret Investigation of the Massacre of My Lai 4 and The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House, which won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (September 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316360678
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316360678
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.5 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #321,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,078 in US Presidents
- #1,987 in Political Leader Biographies
- #1,995 in Rich & Famous Biographies

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William C Ruediger

Stunning Expose' Of The Kennedy Family

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018

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I was one of those 1960's kids that was influenced by John Kennedy - particularly his Ask not what your country can do for you......... However, his life and Presidency were overshadowed by a dark and sinister side. The Kennedy boys were pampered and mostly (entirely?) above the law. The women, the debauchery, the bribery, the influence of money and the idea that our countries highest official(s) could act in these ways. The book taught me an import civic lesson on idealizing Presidents and other people of high stature. And, Semour Hersh paid a high price for for bring these insights. A must read for anyone interested in Presidential history.

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Jeff Marzano

Conspiracy Theories About Conspiracy Theories

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2020

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I had a few concerns with this book.

Mr. Hersh believes the findings of the Warren Commission that Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone and Oswald shot JFK. But today I think many people realize the Warren Report is an 'absurd fairy tale' as the great Jim Garrison called it.

So for me Mr. Hersh's belief in the Warren Report raises serious concerns about what other lies he may have swallowed.

One of the problems with JFK related books is authors rely on statements made by former CIA guys. But it is my belief that the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy came from within the CIA itself. That's why the CIA has been called a wilderness of mirrors.

This book has an anti Kennedy tone I would say. Events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the conflict in Vietnam must be viewed from many different angles. Mr. Hersh sees Kennedy ulterior motives concerning those epic events as if everything the Kennedys did had the goal of getting JFK re-elected.

Did JFK really not support the ill fated Bay Of Pigs invasion of Cuba ?

Or rather did the CIA forget to inform JFK that the Pigs invasion was designed to fail unless JFK authorized an all out invasion of Cuba ?

Was it really JFK who did not authorize additional air support for the Pigs operation ?

Or rather did someone within the CIA call off the additional air strikes ?

One thing I do believe is JFK was a notorious womanizer or even a sexual addict of some kind. I think it is quite possible that the need to conceal JFK's womanizing may have led to actual national security issues.

In his book about the corrupt FBI director J. Edgar Hoover Anthony Summers says Lyndon Johnson and Hoover blackmailed JFK to force him to put Lyndon on the ticket as JFK's running mate. This blackmail probably involved JFK's many affairs including his involvement with a German spy.

If that theory is true JFK's womanizing got him killed. JFK doesn't get killed unless Lyndon Johnson was the vice president who then became the president.

It is my belief that Lyndon Johnson was one of the architects of the JFK assassination and J. Edgar Hoover gave his consent for the assassination to happen.

Studying about the JFK assassination is complicated because agencies like the CIA have been using their vast resources to lie about it for almost 60 years now.

I recommend the following authors and books to learn more about the JFK mystery.

Mark Lane
Fletcher Prouty
John M. Newman
Judyth Baker
Phillip F. Nelson
James H. Fetzer

JFK And The Unspeakable (Douglass)
On The Trail Of The Assassins (Garrison)
The Man Who Killed Kennedy (Stone)
Best Evidence (Lifton)

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Robert T. Meacham

Best book on Camelot yet published.

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2019

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Hersh bites the bullet and shows the weaknesses of JFK in an honest and forthright manner. It is not just the womanizing, nor just the mafia connections, nor just the ruthless attitude toward those who were less than Kennedy sycophants. Hersh shows other character flaws that made Camelot a Shakespearean tragedy well before Dallas.

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triple g man

If you don't want your image of JFK to be tainted, don't read this

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020

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The salient thing I came away with was how JFK would not make any attempt at peace in Vietnam in 1963 because he had to dispel the notion that Democrats were 'soft' on Communism. (the same reason he marked Castro for death). Diem was negotiating with Ho Chi Minh for peaceful co-existence and JFK told him to not do it (so JFK himself could get re-elected in 64). Diem refused and JFK killed him....and then we lost 58,000 American boys in. It's all documented and I blame JFK completely for all those deaths. I was over there for 18 months 50 years ago. Mrs Diem said to Jackie afterwards, "Now you know how it feels."

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byliner 1

Surprise

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2019

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Aside from all the philandering by the Kennedy men, I was absolutely stunned to learn of all the back channeling with Kruschev, and who ever else Jack and Robert wanted to manipulate. The old man was even more appalling than we ever knew. How any of them could live with themselves is beyond me. An absolutely dreadful family. However, there is a good deal of history here and for that reason I gave it a 4 star rating.

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nnanna

Interesting read

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021

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This book has been in print for quite a while. I became aware of it as a citation in a newspaper article I was reading. Was glad to find it available on Amazon. And I got a new copy of the book. It is interesting reading for anyone who follows the lives of JFK and his family and supporters. It dwells on the “unpublished” parts of the Kennedy story. Like always, Amazon processed and shipped my order immediately (the book is not available on Kindle).

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Roy Martin

unvarnished truth about a deified politician

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2021

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If you worship at the altar of the Democrat Party, believing JFK was a Progressive Saint, stay far away from this book and watch Nancy Pelosi on YouTube relish on about her feelings for the 35th President.

This book reveals the human side of Kennedy. A life that should've been a cakewalk of privilege, private schools & Ivy League universities - but wasn't. Oh, he enjoyed his privilege as much as Poppa Joe would allow but health problems (during an era of crude medical treatments) and a wandering eye would cause him serious issues by college and remain arguably his Achilles Heel throughout his life.

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Linda Likes to Learn

GENERATIONS OF DIRTY POLITICIANS - THEIR SHORTCOMINGS - INCLUDING LUST & DEPRAVITY - OVERCOME CAMELOT'S DREAM

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015

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If you're looking for a book filled with 'juicy gossip' about the Kennedy's marriage - you may be disappointed. Although there are shocking bits and pieces that give us quite an insight into the 'less than perfect union' - we still are left with many questions about just what ELSE took place - if the related facts are, as intimated, just the events that most effected the politics of the time. Many of the 'dark secrets' about the Kennedy administration, his frustration with OTHER dirty politicians (JFK was no angel), and the nail-biter confrontations with other countries, have been published since this book was printed. But there is still a wealth of information here for people who are just beginning to investigate how familial politics control lives for many generations - and how most of their 'under the table' maneuvers are for personal gain - never for the betterment of the people, or the nation.

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Og Oggilby

Forensic dissection of the John Kennedy Presidency

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2015

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Fifty years on from the assassination of US President John F Kennedy, there can now be few illusions about this flawed individual that have not been thoroughly shattered. Seymour Hersh's 'The Dark Side of Camelot' is one of the finest, most frank and unsentimental assessments of the Kennedy presidency. Mob links, Kennedy's almost maniacally reckless philandering, Jack and Bobby Kennedy's all-encompassing obsession with the Castro regime and how to overthrow it (including the frequently ludicrous plots on Castro's life - from exploding cigars, poisoning, and most risible of all, the proposed attempt to stage the Second Coming of Christ in Cuba), the myth of the Cuban missile crisis, and Kennedy's part in it, and the complex familial relationships, especially the demagogic figure of Joseph Kennedy, the family patriarch, bootlegger and would-be appeaser of Hitler, and the mother, Rose Kennedy. It is a modern fairy tale - hence the 'Camelot' reference - but John Kennedy comes across as far less Regal, but much more human, after reading this book. One of the finest political works of the last thirty years, of that there is no doubt.

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SMUDGE

Those who critisize trump, should read this.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2019

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Amazing insight in the not so saintly kennedys

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James

Brilliant book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2019

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A great piece of investigative journalism revealing the Kennedy White House as never before. A very well researched and documented portrait of JFK. A compulsive read and I would recommend to anyone.

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Dublin7

Jfk house of cards come tumbling down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2020

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Oh how lucky the Kennedy 's were not to have been around in the mobile phone camera Era. Superb informative book.

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Mr C Spence

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2018

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Sad how corrupt America is. Very informative book.

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