Brian Schmidt Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Part 1: http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/10/20/jfk-assassination-plot-mirrored-in-1961-france-part-1/ Part 2: http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/10/21/jfk-assassination-plot-mirrored-in-france-part-2/ Part 3: http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/10/22/jfk-assassination-plot-mirrored-in-1961-france-part-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Kelly Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Brian; Thanks for posting these articles. The Talbot book is a key treatment of Dulles. I have always thought that the political events of the day (which surround Kennedy's presidency) provide important clues to his murder. Certainly Bay of Pigs is of interest and (imho) closely connected. I would now add the attempts on deGaulle's life and efforts to unseat him as another important "dot" to connect. Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 That chapter is one of the high points of Talbot's book. The best short treatment I ever read on the subject. And the DeGaulle interview at the end should be mandatory reading for everyone. He sounds like Castro the day after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Neal Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Anyone know how well this book is selling?Why is it that Lone Nut books make the best seller list before they're released? Why it's almost as if someone were able to control this sort of thing... Tom Edited November 18, 2015 by Tom Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Kelly Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 DeGaulle and France are so analogous to Castro and Cuba. Fighting Communists under the rationale of national security. JFK was clearly in a foreign policy battle with his own government. As James Douglas put it, his administration was at war with the Pentagon and the "complex". Money, influence, natural resources (oil, gas, Middle Eastern real estate). More in the name of Harriman Brothers than the American public. The old guard didn't go easily or quickly. Take a picture of those who carried or mourned Dulles' at his funeral ... and you have a picture of the plotters. I researched his services briefly ... Nixon sent Spiro Agnew in his stead. No foreign dignitaries, like his brother Foster's services. Harvey, Angleton, Hunt, et al. only masters of intrigue and regime overthrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Anyone know how well this book is selling? Why is it that Lone Nut books make the best seller list before they're released? Why it's almost as if someone were able to control this sort of thing... Tom Its doing pretty well. It made both the NY Times and LA Times bestseller lists. It was number 20 in the former and number 7 in the latter. It has already gone into reprinting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Neal Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Anyone know how well this book is selling? Its doing pretty well. It made both the NY Times and LA Times bestseller lists. It was number 20 in the former and number 7 in the latter. It has already gone into reprinting. Thanks, Jim! That 13 point East Coast v. West Coast spread is "interesting." Tom Edited November 19, 2015 by Tom Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger DeLaria Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I bought my copy a couple of weeks ago, and am looking forward to getting to it. Another one on my long list to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Anyone know how well this book is selling? Its doing pretty well. It made both the NY Times and LA Times bestseller lists. It was number 20 in the former and number 7 in the latter. It has already gone into reprinting. Thanks, Jim! That 13 point East Coast v. West Coast spread is "interesting." Tom Well, that is why they call it the Left Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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