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Annals of History: The

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:54:31 +0000

In reply to Alastair Cooke explains LBJ to the UK, Nov. 25, 1963,

Annals of History: The Transition: Lyndon Johnson and the events in Dallas.
by Robert A. Caro, The New Yorker, April 2, 2012

In full for subscribers only for now, abstract for all @ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/02/120402fa_fact_caro#ixzz1qTwv1YiU

There is also this from the archive available to all:

Updike on J.F.K.’s Assassination
Posted by Jon Michaud, March 28, 2012

@ http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2012/03/john-updike-jfk-assassination.html#ixzz1qTxv78TY

Welcome; glad to share with

artappraiser — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:53:26 +0000

In reply to Hey thanks for the link. It

Welcome; glad to share with someone else who likes "old news."

Hey thanks for the link. It

Richard Day — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:08:28 +0000

In reply to Alastair Cooke explains LBJ to the UK, Nov. 25, 1963,

Hey thanks for the link.

It took me a couple minutes to figure out all you had to do was click the archived material.

Another interesting period

artappraiser — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:47:29 +0000

In reply to Alastair Cooke explains LBJ to the UK, Nov. 25, 1963,

Another interesting period piece:

Our plan for invading Cuba: The 82nd Airborne and the Marines take Havana, and the whole op is done in three months
By Thomas E. Ricks, Best Defense blog @ foreignpolicy.com, Nov. 22, 2011

Over the weekend I was looking through some handwritten notes in the papers of Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, placed on-line by the National Defense University....on pages 43-44 (as handmarked; PDF lists it as pp. 45-46) of that document, I was surprised to see a summary of "CINCLANT's operational plan for Cuba," which seems to have been ordered up after the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation in April 1961...