The Review
The Death of James Forrestal

Vol. 42, No. 09

09/01/2026

The Death of James Forrestal

Andrew Muller

The Death of James Forrestal: First Secretary of Defense ,by Cornell Simpson, Appleton, Wisconsin: Western Islands Publishing, 2026 edition, 190 pages, paperback.

History is often written by the victors, and sometimes it is buried by those with the most to lose.

Few books make that case more forcefully than Cornell Simpson’s The Death of James Forrestal , originally released in 1966 and re-released by Western Islands Publishing in 2026.

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