Epstein Secrets

manship wisely could prevail without having to fight, in practice the EFTA00662756 record is mixed. In the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President John F. Kennedy confronted the Soviet Union after discovering the secret installation of Soviet nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba, despite Khrushchev's repeated ass

et nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba, despite Khrushchev's repeated assurances that Moscow would not provide Havana with such weapons. Knowing -- as Kennedy did not -- that the nuclear missiles were fully operational and accompanied by tactical nuclear weapons under the control of local commanders to re

to "respond vigorously at places and with means of its own choosing," including the use of atomic weapons against China, if it expanded the war in Indochina in 1954, had an impact: the Chinese leadership modified its position and pressured the Viet Minh to make concessions for a negotiated settlement.

rica's adventure in Indochina had absorbed the historical lessons of these earlier experiences. Perhaps Robert S. McNamara, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, had the least excuse for this neglect. Having helped to supervise the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany and Japan, he, of all people,

t S. McNamara, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, had the least excuse for this negle

nes EFTA00585504 25 played little part in his country's successful Korean offensive of 1950-51. If only the champions of America's adventure in Indochina had absorbed the historical lessons of these earlier experiences. Perhaps Robert S. McNamara, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johns

ke Kissinger. Our outrage at the crimes of murderous thugs who are official enemies like Pol Pot is not enough. A cabal of American mis-leaders from Kennedy on caused for far more Indochinese deaths than the Khmer Rouge, after all, and those responsible should be judged and treated accordingly. So when

ccasions in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and many other places, was the fallback option. But the coup in Santiago occurred as US aggression in Indochina was finally winding down after more than a decade. From 1969 through 1973, it was Kissinger again, along with Nixon, who oversaw the slaughter in V