Max Boot gets Booted on Lansdale in Vietnam

[James Lateer]

For what it's worthy, I'll also throw in the results of my factor analysis for the most important factor (factor #1) in the 15 most diverse JFK books taken together: This underscores the importance of Vietnam in this mess:

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[TD]Category[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Factor 1[/TD]
[TD]Short Name[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Assassination suspects are in italics (1), current world leaders in bold (2), others have number (3).[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Suspects represent 15 of 33[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Bissell, Richard[/TD]
[TD]BISSE[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.659[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Bloomfield, Major Louis[/TD]
[TD]BLOOMFD[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.765[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Bonanno, Joseph[/TD]
[TD]BONANO[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.849[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Cohn, Roy[/TD]
[TD]COHN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.814[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]DeMenil, Jean [/TD]
[TD]DEMENIL[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.877[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Dornberber, Gen Walter[/TD]
[TD]DORNBERG[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.843[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Kellerman, Agent Roy[/TD]
[TD]KELLERMN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.820[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Lansdale, Edward G[/TD]
[TD]LANSD[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.793[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Lemnitzer, Lyman[/TD]
[TD]LEMNI[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.894[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]McCloy, John J[/TD]
[TD]MCCLO[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.790[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Ragiorodsky, Paul[/TD]
[TD]RAGIOROD[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.701[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Russo, Perry[/TD]
[TD]RUSSO[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.794[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Shaw, Clay[/TD]
[TD]SHAWCLAY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.691[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Walker, Gen Edwin [/TD]
[TD]WALKE[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.695[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Willoughby, Gen Charles[/TD]
[TD]WILLOUGH[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.698[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
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[TD]World Leaders represent 14 of 33[/TD]
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[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]DeGaulle, Pres Charles[/TD]
[TD]DEGAU[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.650[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Fulbright, J William[/TD]
[TD]FULBRIGH[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.790[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Galbraith, J Kenneth[/TD]
[TD]GALBR[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.791[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Humphrey, Hubert[/TD]
[TD]HUMPH[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.846[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Johnson, Lyndon B[/TD]
[TD]JOHNSLBJ[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.656[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Kennedy, Edward M[/TD]
[TD]KENNEED[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.716[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Kennedy, Jacki[/TD]
[TD]KENNEJQ[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.657[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Kennedy, Joseph P[/TD]
[TD]KENNEJP[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.804[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Kennedy, Robert F[/TD]
[TD]KENNERF[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.843[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Lodge, Henry Cabot[/TD]
[TD]LODGE[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.908[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]McNamara, Robert[/TD]
[TD]MCNAM[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.881[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]NgoDinhDiem[/TD]
[TD]NGODIDM[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.900[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]NgoDinhNhu[/TD]
[TD]NGODINU[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.856[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Nixon, Richard[/TD]
[TD]NIXON[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.693[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]misc[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD] Carroll, Gen Joseph[/TD]
[TD]CARROLLJ[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.857[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]misc[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]Challe, Maurice[/TD]
[TD]CHALLEMA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.740[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]Sheridan, Walter[/TD]
[TD]SHERI[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.739[/TD]
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