Lobster Issue 67 (Summer 2014)

Articles

Malcolm Kennedy (1946-2013) -- Mark Metcalf
President Putin and Sochi 2014 PR -- Corinne Souza
AFRICOM, NATO and the EU -- T. J. Coles
The Atlantic Semantic -- Robin Ramsay
The crisis: an historical perspective -- Scott Newton
LBJ: doubles and disinformation -- Garrick Alder
The view from the bridge -- Robin Ramsay

Book reviews

Adequately Explained by Stupidity? Lockerbie, Luggage and Lies by Morag G. Kerr -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay
Life during wartime Resisting counterinsurgency by Kristian Williams et al -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay
Explaining the Iraq War; Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence by Frank P. Harvey -- reviewed by Paul Todd
Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill -- reviewed by John Newsinger
Secret Life of Uri Geller:CIA masterspy? by Jonathan Margolis -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay
The President’s Mortician by Tim Fleming -- reviewed by Garrick Alder

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20 Nov

Column extras. Oswald and the Angleton mole hunt; the British-American Project again; the myth of Britain's economic ranking; the Cold War's arms race inverted; the passing of Tony Bunyan; more.

Robin Ramsay's "View from the Bridge" has been updated.

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20 Nov

"Hanton shows how US corporations own and effectively control the British economy, and how they siphon off vast profits while paying little or no tax."

John Booth (@JohnBooth2017) reviews Angus Hanton's "Vassal State: How American Runs Britain"

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14 Oct

Column extras. A US apologia (sort of) by the Council on Foreign Relations; a self-eulogy by Tony Blair; the Israel lobby again; a raspberry for Rachel Reeves and the Bank of England; more.

Robin Ramsay's "The View from the Bridge" has been updated.

🦞 https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/article/issue/89/the-view-from-the-bridge-52/

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14 Oct

"TA reservists are officially civilians. Did Thatcher use this loophole as cover against allegations that the army was used against the miners?"

Scott Newton (@1956historian) in "Historical notes on The use of troops during the 1984-85 miners’ strike"

🦞 https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/article/issue/89/historical-notes-on-the-use-of-troops-during-the-1984-85-miners-strike/