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In reply to the discussion: Wanna know why Media ignore war criminals? CIA calls the shots. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)35. Both excellent books. Please add Richard D. Mahoney and Donald Gibson...
"JFK: Ordeal in Africa" and "Battling Wall Street: The Kennedy Presidency."
Absolutely agree regarding Summers and Douglass. They not only point out the dots, they point out the ones the government and its toadies in the press have been covering up for almost half a century.
Regarding foreign policy: Things changed after Dallas, starting with Congo and Africa, then the rest of it...returning to the War Is a Racket template.
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The book originally came out in the early 70s: the 3rd edition was renamed slightly
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#11
McCoy also documented the rise of torture by those that swear "we don't torture..."
bobthedrummer
Sep 2012
#34
Nothing in Motown on what Bishop Tutu said: Bush and Blair should face trial over Iraq war
Octafish
Sep 2012
#10
ULTRACONSERVATIVES lead the nation in the school book biz: the Texas State Board of Ed.
Octafish
Sep 2012
#24
It alarmed the nation's Founders enough to make them put it down in writing...
Octafish
Sep 2012
#26
This world of today, is the "world of shit," that my dear old drill instructor...
Hubert Flottz
Sep 2012
#17
And... One More Time... Because Every Time I Find It... The Link Eventually Becomes "Unavailable"
WillyT
Sep 2012
#18
True. I do get a lot more from foreign news, since the US media consolidations.
Overseas
Sep 2012
#22
Privatized intelligence uber alles-there is no role for the Fourth Estate in fascism aside from the
bobthedrummer
Sep 2012
#33