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Found Objects for a Friday Afternoon: Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State

by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at 11:00 am

The legendary author discusses his thesis on the construction of the national security state.

Tags: anti-communism, Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Gore Vidal, Harry Truman, Henry Wallace, history, John F. KEnnedy, Joseph Stalin, military-industrial complex, National Security State, War on Terror, Woodrow Wilson
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Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at 1:59 pm

The rest of the infamous exchange is after the jump.

Tags: 1968 elections, Chicago IL, Cook County, Democratic National Convention, Gore Vidal, Illinois, William F. Buckley
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