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The memoirs built upon a growing acceptance among many Americans about
the near-perfection of the Kennedy presidency in the wake of the assassination. This
had started in December 1963 when Jackie Kennedy enshrined her husband’s
presidency as Camelot, that is, as a perfect administration that could not be judged
by the usual rules of historical debate. 18 Many Americans rapidly began to share in
this glorification of Kennedy’s presidency. In late 1963, academic social sci