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Tag Archives: Vietnam
Bad Blood
When LBJ mentioned that Joe Kennedy’s son Robert would be excellent at leading something like NASA, RFK recorded this in his diary. The master of the Senate thought he had potential! Only a few years later, however, RFK and LBJ … Continue reading
Posted in history, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, Hail to the Chief, history, Jeffrey K Smith, JFK, LBJ, Politics-CivicInterest, RFK, Vietnam
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Ike and Dick
I increasingly find Richard Nixon a fascinating personality, and stumbled onto this while looking for Nixon books: I’ve been reading it along with Being Nixon the last week or so. Ike and Dick focuses on the relationship between these two … Continue reading
Posted in General, history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, Cold war, Eisenhower, Hail to the Chief, Nixon, Politics-CivicInterest, Vietnam
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