LBJ's reversal of Kennedy's policy leads to a rudderless war effort by General William Westmoreland. As the war becomes hopeless, dissent begins to mushroom. LBJ gives up, MLK and RFK are killed, and this leads to Nixon.
Turning Point continues with one of the most startling omissions ever in a documentary on the Vietnam War. By jumping from 1956 to 1965, the film misses the monumental events of 1964, when Johnson broke from JFK and decided America would go to war with North Vietnam. Evidently, the filmmakers did not think this was important.
Netflix is now showing a five part series on the Vietnam War that is just as poor as the PBS series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick of 8 years ago. If we are to understand history, this kind of programming is precisely what is not needed at this time.
Matt Douhit reports on the news that the MSM did not want to disperse to the public. The second Luna hearing has some very important people, informing the public of many key things about the JFK case that they never heard before and were never told to Congress.
Did the MSM really read the newly declassified JFK files? Or are they just ignorant with how they connect to the established facts of the JFK case? In this limited review, we show how relevant they are.
As one of the interviews that Oliver Stone and Jim DiEugenio did in the wake of the Luna Committee hearing, this video is one of the best. Please watch and listen.
Of the interviews that Oliver Stone and Jim DiEugenio did in the wake of the Luna Committee hearing, Jim thinks this one was probably the best. Please watch and listen.
Participant Jim DiEugenio describes Washington's congressional hearing on the John Kennedy assassination, and its resultant after effects in the media.
DiEugenio's addendum includes important sections from a just-released presidential advisory board document as well as different versions of the Schlesinger memo.
With Donald Trump's executive order, we now have the full Arthur Schelsinger memorandum on his reorganization plan for the CIA. Jim DiEugenio examines that memo, traces its origins and outlines its ultimate fate.
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