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Robert McNamara, former Defense Secretary in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations (1961-68) discussed lessons he learned from his involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam W…

Participants talked about whether the presidential tapes shed light on crucial moments in U.S. history, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. The John F. Kennedy Presidential…

Ernest May talked about his book Strange Victory: Hitler’s Conquest of France, published by Hill and Wang in 2000. He argued that the Nazi victory in the invasion of France against the combi…

Professor Ernest May talked about the passage of the Senate Intelligence Reorganization Bill. He outlined the way the legislation addresses the recommendations of the September 11th Commissi…

The editors spoke about The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy, Volumes 1-3, The Great Crises, published by W.W. Norton. More than a dozen scholars, led by the editorial team, transcri…

Mr. Zelikow and Mr. May talked about the new book which they edited, The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis. The book is based on numerous audio tapes made…

The committee heard testimony on S.Joint Res. 282, the Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992, legislation to create an independent commission that would speed the release of classif…