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Norman Thomas on Eisenhower, Guatemala, and Kennedy
I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States. The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1. Norman Thomas was concerned about … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Politeia Paper, Political Philosophy
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, Israel, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John Foster Dulles, Norman Thomas, Richard Nixon, Suez, Syria
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 12
A while back, I was browsing in a bookstore and I saw a book about President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vietnam. The historical narrative that I had long heard was that President John F. Kennedy was the President who began … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon, SEATO, Stephen Ambrose, Vietnam War
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 6
In my latest reading of Nixon: The Education of a Politician, Stephen Ambrose talked about the Alger Hiss case. I did not finish Ambrose’s discussion of it, but I’ll comment on what I did read. Let me start this post … Continue reading
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Tagged Alger Hiss, FDR, Harry Truman, Irwin Gellman, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, Thomas Dewey, Whittaker Chambers
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 6
In my latest reading of The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952, Irwin Gellman talked about the Subversive Activities Control bill of 1948, which was introduced by representatives Karl Mundt of South Dakota and Richard Nixon of California and … Continue reading
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