Introductory article explaining why Forrestal’s death was suspicious, written without benefit of the Willcutts Report (which didn’t come to light until later). Analyzes several New York Times articles published around the time and three biographies:

James Forrestal: A Study of Personality, Politics, and Policy
by Arnold A. Rogow (1963).

The Death of James Forrestal
by Cornell Simpson (1966).

Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal
by Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley (1992).

Compares and contrasts Forrestal’s death with that of Vince Foster, describes the reaction of Forrestal’s brother, notes that the Willcutts Report (as described in newspapers at the time) did not conclude suicide, considers who benefited from Forrestal’s death, points out prime suspects.

Much more analysis, this time informed by the Willcutts Report.

Public announcement of the discovery of the Willcutts Report.

Analyzes a Washington Post newspaper article published on the 50th anniversary of Forrestal’s death. Compares the alleged Forrestal transcription of a Greek poem with authentic samples of his handwriting.

Photostats of Forrestal’s alleged transcription of Sophocles’ “Chorus From Ajax” then several samples of his handwriting from the Truman Library archives.

Compares Forrestal with his British counterpart, Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin. Compares Forrestal’s death with that of Folke Bernadotte of Sweden. Reveals Cornell Simpson as the penname of Medford Evans.

Announces Princeton’s Seeley Mudd Manuscript Library’s acquisition of the Willcutts Report and describes the response of the press and historians to it:

David E. Kaiser, Professor of History at the Naval War College.

Christopher Sharrett, Professor of Communications at Seton Hall University.

Donald A. Ritchie, U.S. Senate Historian.

Nickolas Roth, Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Loren Ghiglione, Professor of Media Ethics at Northwestern University’s School of Journalism.

About the book
House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
by James Carroll.

David Martin’s letters to:

Douglas Brinkley,  Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at Tulane University.

David Roll,  of Steptoe & Johnson and co-author with Keith McFarland of the book Louis Johnson and the Arming of America.

Letter to James Barrens, Executive Director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at St. Leo University, and James A. Rudin of same.

Letter to Steve Vogel, Washington Post Pentagon correspondent and author of the book The Pentagon: A History.

Letter to Jerrold Post – Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs; Director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University; founder and former director of the CIA’s Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior.

Letter to Brian Balogh, Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia and co-director of the Miller Center Fellowships in Public Affairs.

As does Forrestal’s former chauffeur, John Spalding.

About the authorship and nature of the book  The Death of James Forrestal  by Cornell Simpson, a pseudonym.

Forrestal’s plan to end the war with Japan five and a half months before the atom bombing, if followed, would have prevented the deaths of thousands of American soldiers at Okinawa and in other needless battles, and helped prevent post-war insanities such as allowing the Soviet Union to take over Eastern Europe.

An interesting comparison of various accounts of Joseph McCarthy’s final illness.  Forrestal’s was not the last questionable death at Bethesda.