One of the most respected researchers and writers on the political assassinations of the 1960s, Jim DiEugenio is the author of two books, Destiny Betrayed (1992/2012) and The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today (2018), co-author of The Assassinations, and co-edited Probe Magazine (1993-2000). See "About Us" for a fuller bio.
Jim DiEugenio takes Fredrik Logevall to task for his role in both the current Turning Point series on Vietnam and his prior role in the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick series on the subject.
Luminat Media finishes their disappointing series on the Vietnam War by underplaying the evil done by Nixon and Kissinger in Cambodia and Laos, and in dragging on a conflict that could have ended in 1969. All because of the figurehead of Thieu.
Richard Nixon's honorable peace includes invading two other countries, dropping more bomb tonnage on Indochina than Johnson, condoning My Lai, and prosecuting Daniel Ellsberg for releasing the Pentagon Papers.
LBJ's reversal of Kennedy's policy leads to a rudderless war effort by General William Westmoreland. As the war becomes hopeless, dissent begins to mushroom. LBJ gives up, MLK and RFK are killed, and this leads to Nixon.
Turning Point continues with one of the most startling omissions ever in a documentary on the Vietnam War. By jumping from 1956 to 1965, the film misses the monumental events of 1964, when Johnson broke from JFK and decided America would go to war with North Vietnam. Evidently, the filmmakers did not think this was important.
Netflix is now showing a five part series on the Vietnam War that is just as poor as the PBS series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick of 8 years ago. If we are to understand history, this kind of programming is precisely what is not needed at this time.
Jeff Meek is the only American journalist writing a regular column on the JFK case. This is his second collection of his work on important subjects like Gaeton Fonzi and Jim Gocheanaur.
Australian Paul Abbott has now penned the first book that is devoted almost completely to the murder of Lee Oswald by Jack Ruby. One has to wonder what took so long. He makes the case against infamous Dallas cops; Patrick Dean and Blackie Harrison.
Did the MSM really read the newly declassified JFK files? Or are they just ignorant with how they connect to the established facts of the JFK case? In this limited review, we show how relevant they are.
Participant Jim DiEugenio describes Washington's congressional hearing on the John Kennedy assassination, and its resultant after effects in the media.
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