Priscilla Johnson McMillan
Born
in Glen Cove, New York, The United States
July 19, 1928
Died
July 07, 2021
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Marina and Lee
17 editions
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1977
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The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
7 editions
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2005
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November 22, 1963: Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy
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7 editions
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2013
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Khrushchev and the Arts: The Politics of Soviet Culture, 1962-1964
5 editions
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1965
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Twenty Letters to a Friend (Avon Books W129)
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“A scientific discovery in our time is likely to be not the work of a solitary researcher or a small team working with improvised equipment, but the product of a big team in an expensive lab operating with government funds. In such conditions the scientist is less and less likely to speak out against government policies. Today, for example, there is scarcely a physicist who thinks the Strategic Defense Initiative or its successor, National Missile Defense, can be made to work in anything like the way the Defense Department claims. Some disbelievers, however, accept government funds for the project in hopes of making an ancillary contribution to science, and cover their doubts with silence. The public has been lied to as a result, and billions of dollars have been wasted on an illusion.”
― The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
― The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
“Lee got a job his second week in Dallas. A neighbor of the Paines, Linnie Mae Randle, mentioned that her brother, Wesley Frazier, worked at the Texas School Book Depository and there might be a job opening there. At Marina’s urging, Ruth called Roy Truly, superintendent of the depository, and asked him to consider Lee. Mr. Truly suggested that Lee apply in person. Lee appeared the following day and made a good impression. He was “quiet and well mannered,” called Mr. Truly “sir,” and said”
― Marina and Lee: The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy
― Marina and Lee: The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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