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Dates several prominent women late in life - women are drawn to him for some reason

Remarries in 2004

Leaves World Bank June 1981 and starts a critical oral intellectual tour in mid-80s between discussing Cuban Missile Crisis

He feared in 1962 & still in 1987 that in a crisis people may act impulsively and preempt (strike first with nuclear) - US wasn’t going to but worried the Soviets might

Craig isolates himself from his dad - take motorcycle journey through Mexico & Central America & down to Colombia & Chile with no communication of whereabouts back

Lives on Easter Island for over a year -
Mom visits, but he thinks his father is detached

His dad helps him get a Walnut Farm in late 70s/early 80s

Crag helps take care of his mom as she is dying in 1980/81 from Mesothelioma

McNamara takes over the Word Bank April 1, 1968

Mostly American & British makeup

Jackie writes to Bob - listens to records he loves and wants him to see a movie called The Third Man - sings his praises

She is obsessed with the #3 for some reason and references it a lot to him

1966/67: McNamara starts cracking the door on his thoughts in public & Johnson starts to distance himself / cut McNamara out of his circle more

McNamara visits Jackie in NYC often & she urges him to stop the war

He alludes to the reason for staying so long beyond when he knew it was winnable was simply to stop Joint Chiefs from convincing LBJ to escalate the war