In Their Own Words 

Don Bracken

Don Bracken, birth name Donagh an old Irish name, is a former official of the Democratic Party who was inspired by John F. Kennedy to “ask not what your country will do for you, but what you will do for your country.” Following his military service in the U.S. Army in which he participated in the development of nuclear warfare tactics at the Combat Development Experimentation Center In California, he entered the Democratic Party in suburban New York City. His instincts and natural skill set enabled him to succeed in the coordination and management of political campaigns on the local and congressional levels the last the successful reelection of John G. Dow the only congressman in an unsafe district to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which facilitated the Vietnam War. Family illness intervened which curtailed his activities. He left the Democratic Party when the Clinton influence dominated the Party and registered as an Independent which he is today. He is a graduate of Manhattan College and Manhattan Prep. He did postgraduate work on  Middle East Development at the University of California while in the U.S. Army. He was a successful businessman and retired in 1998. He emerged from retirement and founded the History Publishing Company in 2007. He is also the author The Words of War an examination of journalism during the American Civil War.