Video Clips - Peter Dale Scott
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Peter Dale Scott has written or co-written over ten books. Those related to the JFK assassination include Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Deep Politics II, Crime and Cover-Up, and The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond. He is an expert on Kennedy's foreign policy and was the first to argue that Kennedy's Vietnam withdrawal plan was quietly scuttled during the early days of the Johnson administration. He has coined the term "deep politics" to describe "political practices and arrangements, deliberate or not, which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged." |
Peter Dale Scott: Vietnam and the Kennedy PresidencyPeter Dale Scott on the issue of Vietnam during the Kennedy presidency.Running time: 3 min 13 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Kennedy and Vietnam |
Peter Dale Scott: Initial Vietnam Withdrawal PlansPeter Dale Scott discusses the Vietnam situation in the fall of 1963, focusing particularly on the McNamara-Taylor mission to Vietnam and the subsequent initial implementation of withdrawal plans.Running time: 4 min 52 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: 1963 Vietnam Withdrawal Plans |
Peter Dale Scott: The JFK-LBJ TransitionPeter Dale Scott, author of the first scholarly article arguing that the Kennedy-LBJ transition was not one of continuity, discussing the conflict among historians on this issue.Running time: 4 min 52 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Kennedy-Johnson Transition in Vietnam Policy |
Peter Dale Scott: Vietnam Withdrawal and HistoryPeter Dale Scott discusses Robert McNamara's memoirs In Retrospect and the avoidance of Kennedy's Vietnam withdrawal plans by many historians.Running time: 2 min 53 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: 1963 Vietnam Withdrawal Plans |
Peter Dale Scott: Would JFK Have Withdrawn from Vietnam?Peter Dale Scott addresses the current debate over what JFK would have done in Vietnam had he lived.Running time: 2 min 33 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: 1963 Vietnam Withdrawal Plans |
Peter Dale Scott: Vietnam Battlefield Assessments Post-JFKPeter Dale Scott, author of the first scholarly article arguing that the Kennedy-LBJ transition was not one of continuity, discussing possible reasons for this and the question of why the battlefield assessments in Vietnam took a marked turn for the worse after Kennedy's death.Running time: 2 min 28 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Kennedy-Johnson Transition in Vietnam Policy |
Peter Dale Scott: JFK, Khrushchev, and CubaPeter Dale Scott discusses the tensions in both the Kennedy and Khrushchev administrations about Cuba.Running time: 2 min 11 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Kennedy and Cuba |
Peter Dale Scott: RFK - Cuba War Hawk?Peter Dale Scott addresses recent books and accounts which portray Robert Kennedy as the major administation hawk on Cuba.Running time: 1 min 43 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Kennedy and Cuba |
Peter Dale Scott: The Bay of Pigs InheritancePeter Dale Scott sets the stage for Kennedy's inheriting the Bay of Pigs invasion plan, and discusses the issue of the requested air strikes which Kennedy didn't supply.Running time: 1 min 43 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Bay of Pigs |
Peter Dale Scott: Cuban Missile Crisis AftermathPeter Dale Scott discusses what was resolved in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis and what was left unresolved, and how that affected adminstration policy toward Cuba in 1963.Running time: 4 min 33 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Cuban Missile Crisis |
Peter Dale Scott: JFK, Cuba, and Two TracksPeter Dale Scott discusses the "two track" policy on Cuba, particularly the peace overtures to Castro made via William Atwood and others.Running time: 1 min 50 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Two Tracks on Cuba |
Peter Dale Scott: Two Tracks and No PriorityPeter Dale Scott addresses the weakness in Kennedy's dual approach to Cuba and the paranoia it created among those around him.Running time: 2 min 15 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Two Tracks on Cuba |
Peter Dale Scott: Oswald - US Intelligence?Peter Dale Scott describes the way in which the Warren Commission determined that Oswald was not an agent of US intelligence.Running time: 2 min 41 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: Lee Harvey Oswald |
Peter Dale Scott: The Mexico City TapePeter Dale Scott discusses the tape from Mexico City of a man who called himself Lee Oswald, but whose voice the FBI determined was not that of Oswald.Running time: 2 min 36 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: The Mexico City Tapes |
Peter Dale Scott: Embassy SurveillancePeter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat, notes that surveillance of embassies was assumed by everyone in the business, and was not as sensitive a secret as often described.Running time: 2 min 30 sec Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation, May 2005 For more information: The Mexico City Tapes |