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Tale of the Presidential Tapes: A Review Essay
Robert A. Divine evaluates two new books based on presidential tapes-those of John F. Kennedy's deliberations with his advisers during the Cuban missile crisis and of Lyndon B. Johnson's telephone conversations during his first ten months in office. He finds both to be revealing but ultimately disappointing.

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