‘Gore Vidal: History of the National Security State’ is Published
In his 30s, after writing a series of mainstream novels, Gore Vidal decided to try his hand at historical fiction. This decision would set him …
In his 30s, after writing a series of mainstream novels, Gore Vidal decided to try his hand at historical fiction. This decision would set him …
Two years after pushing to have the phrase “under God” inserted into the pledge of allegiance, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a law officially declaring …
On June 24, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations Council called on all U.N. members to help repel the invasion. Under his …
On June 25, 1950, Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s communist dictator, sent his troops to invade South Korea. American forces, fighting under UN authority, came to …
The September 1949 conference in Peking was both a celebration of the communist victory in the long civil war against Nationalist Chinese forces and the …
The two highest-ranking government officials in the history of the American republic to have “committed suicide” are Deputy White House Counsel, Vincent W. Foster, Jr., …
Following the implementation of a water fluoridation trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the National Institute of Dental Research (now the National Institute of Dental and …
With Harry Truman’s approval of directive NSC 10/2, he effectively authorized the CIA to carry out covert actions anywhere in the world, specifically including “propaganda; …
In the late 1800s a small, fanatic movement called “political Zionism” began in Europe. Its goal was to create a Jewish state somewhere in the …
[Broadcast nationally at 5:15 p.m.] Fellow citizens everywhere: Again our thoughts and aspirations and the hopes of future years turn to a little town in …