Paul Brandus
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The history of our highest office, and the country, through the life of an oft-ignored major character: the White House itself. Even in this time of relentless coverage of the President's every move, we can forget that he and his advisers are human, with a life filled with smaller personal moments that lead up to the big public ones. Imagine Nixon in the East Room, worrying what would happen if the moon mission fails, or McKinley in the map room knowing...
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The so-called "crime of the century"-the assassination of President John F. Kennedy-was almost preordained to happen. Like all presidents from decades before him, JFK played it loose with security-open cars, Secret Service agents at a distance, and a desire to be seen. Yet conspiracy buffs are certain the security setup on November 22, 1963, was unusual and suspicious. It wasn't. And what of Lee Harvey Oswald, the drifter, the vicious wife-beating,...
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The world was shocked when Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968. It would not have been so surprising had the truth of their relationship-which dated back to the 1950s-been known. Jackie knew Ari almost as long as she had known John F. Kennedy-and saw qualities in him (besides money) that she found highly attractive. The five years between her marriages to JFK and Onassis are often overlooked. But it was an incredible period of growth...