{"product_id":"the-death-of-james-forrestal-by-cornell-simpson","title":"The Death of James Forrestal by Cornell Simpson","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThis is a FACSIMILE REPRINT of an exceedingly difficult book to find. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1966 edition printed in 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease allow two weeks for the book to be delivered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote:\u003c\/span\u003e This book is a reproduction of the historical text for academic, historical, or collector purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \/ 207 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have cleaned up the vast majority of the formatting and other errors in the readily available PDF version. Please note the index is numbered for the original version of the text; not this one. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003eThe Death of James Forrestal: First Secretary of Defense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Forrestal was named the first American Secretary of Defense in the Truman administration. He was in a war of ideologies in the Whitehouse between communist and Individual freedoms. President's Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower were very protective of the communists in their administrations. i.e. Alger Hiss. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth James Forrestal and Joe McCarthy had solid proof that he was a spy for Soviet Union. Which after the KGB's files were opened, [during \"Glasnost\" in 1989] was proven behind any doubt that Hiss was a Soviet agent.. Yet both Forrestal and McCarthy were lampooned by the 'blind and ignorant'. Then murdered. Of course the media called it suicide and death by alcohol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obscure Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43711266193494,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/1031\/1254\/files\/Frontcover2_128e74fa-75e4-47d7-ba50-074d4c03d9a2.png?v=1765132404","url":"https:\/\/obscurebooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-death-of-james-forrestal-by-cornell-simpson","provider":"Obscure Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}