Displaying items by tag: JFK

Thursday, 24 November 2016 20:20

Bruce Riedel, JFK’s Forgotten Crisis

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After reading [this book], I was able to understand what this was all about—at least in a fundamental way. Also, my respect for President John F. Kennedy, which was already estimable, increased a bit more, writes Jim DiEugenio.

 

 

Saturday, 01 October 2016 15:08

Mort Sahl 1970 Interview

A rare interview with Mort Sahl about his experiences in New Orleans and his thoughts on the JFK case.

Published in Videos & Interviews

The Democratic Party has become something both JFK and RFK would deplore—the party of war.

By Adam Walinsky, At: Politico

Published in News Items

, At: CNN Politics

Published in News Items

Presentation by Jim DiEugenio of an excerpt from Greg Poulgrain's book on the Indonesia coup.

Jim DiEugenio concludes:  "Overall, this two-disc set is much worth purchasing and watching. How many DVD sets chronicle three history-making events? One dealing with our political system, one dealing with the struggle for American civil rights, and one with a stylistic revolution in film technique?"

 

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 15:15

More on the Congo from Susan Williams

Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II, by Susan Williams

Reviewed by Dan Alcorn, At: AARC

Published in News Items
Sunday, 07 August 2016 21:16

Hammarskjold and Kennedy vs. The Power Elite

Jim DiEugenio's ongoing investigation of Kennedy foreign policy continues here by emphasizing the importance of JFK's collaboration with Dag Hammarskjold in both Congo and Indonesia.

Jim DiEugenio calls this book "a provocative revisionist history of why the epochal coup in Indonesia happened as it did in 1965 ... [and which] has enlightened us on the crucial figures of Allen Dulles, Sukarno, Dag Hammarskjold and John Kennedy, how they played with and against each other and how this nexus led to a horrible tragedy."

 

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