23-11-2017, 07:05 AM
The Douglass book was a leap forward in our understanding of both Kennedy and the assassination.
Jim explained Kennedy's Cuba policy and Vietnam policy better than any author had before him between the covers of one book.
If you have not read it, then you are missing something important.
Beyond that, his book inspired other people to explore other areas of Kennedy's foreign policy that were seemingly out of bounds before him e.g. Congo and Indonesia. By showing what happened before and then after his death, a pattern emerged that was pretty much unmistakable.
First, with Johnson, and then with Nixon/Kissinger, Kennedy's foreign policy was wrenched so far from its moorings that it was rendered unrecognizable. And not just in the above places, but also in ignored areas like the Middle East and in Pakistan. And then, under cover up artist Ford, the birth of the neocons took place. And that was it, kaput for Kennedy.
Of course, what happened to Senator Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel did not help.
Jim explained Kennedy's Cuba policy and Vietnam policy better than any author had before him between the covers of one book.
If you have not read it, then you are missing something important.
Beyond that, his book inspired other people to explore other areas of Kennedy's foreign policy that were seemingly out of bounds before him e.g. Congo and Indonesia. By showing what happened before and then after his death, a pattern emerged that was pretty much unmistakable.
First, with Johnson, and then with Nixon/Kissinger, Kennedy's foreign policy was wrenched so far from its moorings that it was rendered unrecognizable. And not just in the above places, but also in ignored areas like the Middle East and in Pakistan. And then, under cover up artist Ford, the birth of the neocons took place. And that was it, kaput for Kennedy.
Of course, what happened to Senator Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel did not help.