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  • August 2008
    • Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

      Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

      (Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files from the Office of Strategic Services, a predecessor of the CIA. More »

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      CIA   World War II   National Archives   Harry Truman   Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • March 2008
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  • October 2007
    • Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

      Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

      (Newser) - From the Roosevelts to the Kennedys, from Groucho to Marilyn, Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s  journals provide a rich treasure of insights into 20th-century American life, says reviewer Jon Meacham in the Washington Post . In one gem, Schlesinger quotes JFK: "I'm perfectly willing to kiss Mrs. Roosevelt's arse; in fact I rather enjoyed it. But I can't spend all my time doing it." More »

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      book   liberals   Arthur Schlesinger Jr.   journals

  • September 2007
    • ‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ Grow War

      ‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ Grow War

      (Newser) - President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to the hilt”—entries relived in the latest New York Review of Books . More »

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      John F. Kennedy   Vietnam War   Lyndon Johnson   George McGovern   Arthur Schlesinger Jr.   Hubert Humphrey

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