JFK

JFK Researchers: Latest Released Assassination Documents Underwhelming

UVA's Larry Sabato says an unfortunate side effect of the release, which frames the removal of minor redactions as "new" documents, is that it feeds continuing conspiracy theories based on the idea that the government is concealing the truth about the assassination. 

60 Years Later: The Enduring Legacy of the Bay of Pigs Fiasco

by Stephen F. Knott

The failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained operatives at the Bay of Pigs set the Kennedy administration on a path of increasingly abusive covert operations against the communist regime, with consequences for US-Cuban relations and American foreign policy that still reverberate. 

Reflections on Fredrik Logevall's "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956"

by Sheldon M. Stern

Fredrik Logevall's new JFK biography is one of the first by a historian who did not personally experience the Kennedy years. Longtime JFK Library historian says this is all to the good, as Logevall makes extensive use of available primary sources to place Kennedy's political and diplomatic views in the context of his formative experiences in wartime. 

‘JFK,’ by Fredrik Logevall: An Excerpt

Read an excerpt from Fredrik Logevall's new biography of John F. Kennedy touching on the collegiate Kennedy's observations of Europe as World War II began.

Solving the Mystery of What Became of J.F.K.’s Other Patrol Boat

A boat believed to be the PT-59, a Navy vessel Kennedy commanded after the PT-109 was sunk, has been mired in the muck off Manhattan for decades.

JFK at 103: What We Miss

by Joseph A. Esposito

John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917. Although much of the Camelot ideal was mythical, Kennedy's optimism and purposefulness are nevertheless missed today.

JFK's New Hampshire Primary Hope Resonates Today

by William Lambers

The day before the 1960 New Hampshire presidential primary, candidate John F. Kennedy talked about America's great hope for disarmament. Speaking at the University of New Hampshire, JFK said "No hope is more basic to our aspirations as a nation" than disarmament.

Bullets That Killed John F. Kennedy Immortalized as Digital Replicas by Smithsonian

The originals remain at the National Archives, but new 3-D scans showcase the ballistics in vivid detail  

Alexandra Witze Reviews Seven Books that Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

Alexandra Witze savours seven books commemorating the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings.

Remembering Jackie Kennedy for More than Her Fashion Sense

by Lisa M. Burns

She was the architect who meticulously crafted President John F. Kennedy’s lasting legacy.

JFK's Humanitarian Halloween

by William Lambers

There are plenty of places that need help today.

Diplomatic Back Channels Were Once Seen as a Good Thing

by Steven T. Usdin

But they've always been risky.

Putin Compares Deaths of Political Opponents to JFK Assassination

In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, Putin said death comes to all sorts of people involved in politics. 

At Summit Meetings, Kremlin Often Tried to Steamroller U.S. Presidents

Whether in Helsinki or elsewhere, a summit meeting held by any American president with a Kremlin counterpart has proved to be a momentous occasion, particularly during the Cold War when such talks held the promise of staving off Armageddon.

AI and Machine Learning open new possibilities into JFK assassination research

Now researchers don’t have to read every document to find out what’s in them.

CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He's Still Alive

Richard Gibson, an African American expat, was friends with Richard Wright.

Artificial intelligence has been used to recreate JFK's Dallas speech that he never gave

Is technology bringing history to life or distorting it?

Trump delays release of some JFK assassination files until 2021, bowing to national security concerns

In a White House memo, Trump said that the nation’s intelligence community persuaded him to keep some documents secret because their exposure could harm “identifiable national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns.”

The Man Who Prevented the Outbreak of World War III

by Douglas Gilbert

His name was Vasili Arkhipov. During the Cuban Missile Crisis he refused to go along with an order to fire a nuclear missile.

Public Rates Presidents: Kennedy, Reagan, Obama at Top

Nixon, Johnson, and Trump are at the bottom.