John Allen Stern, C.D. Jackson: Cold War Propagandist for Democracy and Globalism
Written by Michael Le Flem
Michael Le Flem finds this brief book on one of the most important figures in the history of United States psychological warfare and propaganda, Time-Life managing director C.D. Jackson, an engaging, nuanced and timely addition to Cold War historiography.
Paul Street meets Jane Hamsher at Arlington
Written by James DiEugenio
Jim DiEugenio responds to a recent hit piece which uses Joe Kennedy III's State of the Union reply as a platform from which to launch yet another doctrinaire and uninformed attack on JFK and RFK, claiming that the latter's grandson is just another "false progressive idol" like his great uncle.
Robert A. Wagner, The Assassination of JFK: Perspectives Half A Century Later
Written by Martin Hay
There is a long list of books about which it can be rightly said they have added nothing to our understanding of JFK’s murder because their authors placed their conclusions first and then twisted, warped, and distorted the details to fit. Wagner’s book undoubtedly belongs on that list, concludes Martin Hay.
Joseph Palermo, Robert F. Kennedy and the Death of American Idealism
Written by Kennedys&King
During this, the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert Kennedy's assassination, we wish to raise awareness of his life and death. Joseph Palermo is one of the better authors on RFK, and this interview concerning his 2007 book is one way to begin that commemoration.
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Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews
Robert Parry has left us at the young age of 68. Read this tribute by his son Nat Parry.
The Enemy Within: The Rise and Fall of the Alliance for Progress
Written by Michael Le Flem
One of the lesser appreciated programs instituted by President Kennedy, the Alliance for Progress, intended as a way of freeing Latin America from the yoke of U.S. and European entrepreneurial exploitation, encouraging its economic independence and broadening political participation and self-determination, like nearly all of his foreign policy strategies, met with hostility at home and was reversed subsequent to his assassination, as author Michael Le Flem discusses.
With more to come, new JFK documents offer fresh leads 54 years later
By Kevin G. Hall, At: MSN News
Nailed to the Cross: Gerald Posner on the King Case
Written by Mike VinsonMike Vinson explores the inaccuracies and misleading sections from Gerald Posner's book on the King assassination, Killing the Dream. He also goes after some of Posner's sources and shows why they should not have been trusted.
JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald, Part 7
Written by Arnaldo M. Fernandez
Arnaldo Fernandez returns to wrap up his review of this miserable History Channel series with a searing look at the seventh episode, which adds insult to injury by pretending to be an update in response to the October 26, 2017 “final declassification” of JFK records.
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Mythologize the Washington Post
Written by Kennedys&King
As a corrective to yet another tendentious Hanks-Spielberg historical rewrite, Jim DiEugenio provides a review of past work which puts The Washington Post in a more accurate perspective.
See now "The Post and the Pentagon Papers" at Consortium News.
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Jim DiEugenio responds to Max Holland's preposterous lament that the MSM was guilty of much ado about nothing by spending an unwarranted two weeks covering the recent NARA releases of JFK documents.
The Vietnam War and the Destruction of JFK’s Foreign Policy (Part 2)
Part 2 of the interview by David Giglio of Our Hidden History with Jim DiEugenio, covering 1963-1975.
The Vietnam War and the Destruction of JFK’s Foreign Policy (Part 1)
The following interview was conducted by David Giglio of Our Hidden History with Jim DiEugenio about his four part review of the Burns/Novick PBS documentary The Vietnam War. But it goes beyond the material in that series and uses information recently declassified by NARA. Part 1 covers 1945-1963. (Click on the image for the audio.)
John R. Bohrer, The Revolution of Robert Kennedy
Written by James DiEugenio
The best volume on Robert Kennedy I have read since Arthur Schlesinger’s two volume set in 1978. If you want to know about Bobby Kennedy’s life, the Schlesinger book is your choice. But if you want to know who RFK was in his last years, this is the book to read. No politician I know of ever did or said these kinds of things at home and abroad, writes Jim DiEugenio.
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