Do we need more historians in senior government positions? Arthur Schlesinger provides an interesting test case.
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The perils of the court historian in the JFK era
JFK encouraged the making of a movie about a military coup
The movie, “Seven Days in May,” was a prescient political thriller. President Kennedy, who worried about the power of the right-wing, particularly generals who defied civilian control, encouraged the making of the movie before he was struck down on November 22, 1963.
