Abstract
EDITOR'S NOTE: The publication of Seymour Hersh's The Dark Side of Camelot (Boston: Little Brown, 1997) reignited a long-simmering debate over John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his presidency. Because Hersh himself was widely praised and widely criticized, it seemed desirable to solicit both a review of the book and a reaction from the author. The results appear on the following pages. In the first sentences of The Dark Side of Camelot Seymour Hersh acknowledges that “John Kennedy's policies and his life contained many superb moments.” But, he explains up front: “This is not a book about John Kennedy's brilliant moments.” Truer words have never been written. The book strings together investigative, muckraking exposés of specific scandals and misdeeds. It does not pretend to be a biography of Kennedy, and should not be judged as such. It is not even a comprehensive indictment of Kennedy. It resembles instead a report...
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