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Book: Unfit for Command John E. O'Neill Co-author Thursday, August 26, 2004; Noon ET In his book, "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," co-author John E. O'Neill questions numerous aspects of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry's Vietnam service.

The New York Times, email notification to email subscribers only, reads for the Sunday Best-Seller List: "NEW ON THE BEST-SELLER LIST Hardcover Nonfiction #3) Unfit for Command By John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam." ACTUAL PUBLISHED SUNDAY BEST-SELLER LIST LIST READS (see NYT link): "Hardcover Nonfiction #1) AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A memoir by the former head of the United States Central Command. #2) MY LIFE, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, $35.) From Hope, Ark., to the White House: the autobiography of the 42nd president....

A number of the combat commanders, fellow officers and other men who served with Sen. John Kerry in Vietnam challenge his accounts of combat heroism in a new book, "Unfit for Command" (Regnery Publishing), by John E. O'Neill, who took over command of Swift Boat PCF 94 from Lt. Kerry, and Jerome R. Corsi, who has written extensively about the Vietnam War protest movement. Each of these excerpts from "Unfit for Command" includes comparisons of Mr. Kerry's earlier published accounts to recollections of others who served with him.

An old Kerry foe, Houston lawyer back in spotlight By BENNETT ROTH Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau RESOURCES LATEST IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE: WASHINGTON -- As President Bush plunges into his race against Democrat John Kerry, he might want to get some debating tips from Houston attorney John E. O'Neill. In 1971, O'Neill squared off against Kerry on the Dick Cavett Show in a 90-minute, televised forum in which the two Vietnam War veterans sparred over the U.S. role in Southeast Asia. President Nixon and top aide Charles Colson had taken a keen interest in O'Neill as part of their...

FReeper and co-author of 'Unfit for Command' Jerome R. Corsi, PhD is being attacked on WashingtonMonthly and MediaMatters. From WashingtonMonthly: LUNATICS?....A few misguided souls took issue with my cavalier dismissal of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth as "certifiable lunatics" yesterday. If you're one of them, I have two words for you: click here. It turns out I was being too kind.... That leads to this MediaMatters page: While much has been written about the identity and history of John E. O'Neill -- one of the authors of the forthcoming Regnery book Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against...