While President John F. Kennedy’s foreign policy initiatives in Southeast Asia, Cuba, or Moscow get more attention, it was his African policy (along with the widely written-about Alliance for Progress in Latin America) that best exemplified the heart of Kennedy’s international aspirations. It was also a microcosm clearly illuminating his ongoing confrontation with the National … [Read more...]
Che Guevara, Richard Goodwin, and the Almost Peace of 1961
Richard Goodwin was part of a group of young, idealistic, Northeastern liberals who entered the oval office with President John F. Kennedy in 1961. At 31, Goodwin had joined the administration as Ted Sorensen’s speechwriting assistant before being appointed to the role of JFK’s point man on Latin American affairs. Goodwin had come to Washington D.C. just out of college in … [Read more...]
Review of John Barbour’s “The American Media – The 2nd Assassination of President John F. Kennedy”
“Liars run for office…. Truth tellers run for their lives.” --- John Barbour, The American Media – The 2nd Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Garrison Tapes, Part Two. As the 4th Annual JFK Assassination Conference drew to a close, around 300 invitees and locals attended a special screening of John Barbour’s new documentary, The American Media – The 2nd … [Read more...]
H.R. Haldeman and the JFK Assassination
H.R. “Bob” Haldeman was best known as Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff and one of the key figures in historical Watergate investigations. While Haldeman could be described as having been steely, his post-administration work has been among the most open and interesting to have come from a Nixon aide. Haldeman had suggested an investigation of the Kennedy assassination when he … [Read more...]