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JFK assassination books (1 Viewer)

Tom Servo

Tom Servo

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The 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination is this year. As I was very young when it happened, I have some small interest in the subject and would like to read more.I'm not looking for a book full of conspiracy crap. Are there good books that tell the story well (first-hand accounts, etc.) out there that are worth reading?TIA.

 
'collective said:
I guess you would not be interested in this then, but it is a good read.My link
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After reading the description, I'd almost call that book an alternate theory with supporting evidence. I would read that. If there's evidence that can support their case, then I'd consider it.What I'm talking about are the books that feign objectivity but lead you down a path toward the conclusion they want you to come to.
 
If you don't like conspiracy stuff then I wouldn't recommend this book. However, I found it pretty interesting. This author has spent years filling in the holes of all the crazy things going on during the time period. Not saying I believe everything but he does a good job citing everything. It's pretty amazing how all of this crazy stuff is connected.Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemicshttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0977795306/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8

 
I don't understand what a book on the subject would discuss if not for the conspiracies. Otherwise it's a lone crazy firing a couple shots and killing the President. Every first-hand account of this couple second long event would be the same and not particularly interesting.

 
'randall146 said:
I don't understand what a book on the subject would discuss if not for the conspiracies. Otherwise it's a lone crazy firing a couple shots and killing the President. Every first-hand account of this couple second long event would be the same and not particularly interesting.
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You can talk about them, I guess. :shrug: I was looking for something accessible in the vein of David McCullough's books.
 
Bugliosi's book from a few years back pretty much ended all debate forever and was pretty entertaining as well, although it was something like 1,500 pages hardcover, so it's not a casual read. However, he did put out his initial narrative of events, from the president's arrival to the shooting of Officer Tippit to Ruby, in a subsequent paperback that was called One Morning in November or something. Maybe give that a shot if you're just after the story without analysis.

 
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'randall146 said:
I don't understand what a book on the subject would discuss if not for the conspiracies. Otherwise it's a lone crazy firing a couple shots and killing the President. Every first-hand account of this couple second long event would be the same and not particularly interesting.
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:shrug:I find everything about that time period interesting. Reading about the background and history of everyone involved is fascinating IMO.
 
So what really happened that day? Let's just for a moment speculate shall we? We have the epileptic seizure around 12:15, p.m. distracting the police making it easier for the shooters to move into their places. The epileptic later vanished, never checking into a hospital. The A-Team gets on the sixth floor of the depository. They were refurbishing the floors that week, which allowed unknown workmen access to the building. They move quickly into position just minutes before the shooting. The spotter on the radio talking to the other two teams has the best overall view, the God spot. B-Team one shooter and one spotter with radio gear and access to the building, moves into the lower floor of the Dal-Tex building. The third team, the C-Team moves into the picket fence behind the Grassy Knoll, where the shooter and the spotter are first spotted by the late Lee Bowers in the watch tower of the rail yard. They have the best position of all. Kennedy is close and on a flat low trajectory. Part of this team is a coordinator who has flashed security credentials at people chasing them out of the parking lot. Probably 2-3 more men are in the crowd on Elm. 10-12 men. Three shooters. Three spotters. The triangulation of fire that Clay Shaw and David Ferrie discussed two months before. They have walked the plaza. They know every inch. They have calibrated their sight. They have practiced on moving targets. They are ready. Kennedy's motorcade makes the turn from Main onto Houston. It's gonna be a turkey shoot.

 
False Witness, by Patricia Lambert

http://www.amazon.com/False-Witness-Garrisons-Investigation-Oliver-ebook/dp/B00BZC1QDW/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400171798&sr=1-3&keywords=false+witness

False Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK

This is, for the first time in its entirety, the story of the arrest and trial of Clay Shaw, charged with conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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The national trauma that was the Kennedy assassination spawned a continuing legacy of government mistrust. Lambert presents an exciting, well-documented account of an early example of this bleak inheritance, District Attorney Jim Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw, a well-respected, secretly gay member of the New Orleans business community, for allegedly heading a CIA plot to murder the President. After four years of Garrison's legal machinations, Shaw was found innocent, and Garrison was condemned by the New York Times for perpetrating "one of the most disgraceful chapters...of American jurisprudence." Remarkably, the trial became the primary source of information for the 1979 House Committee on the Kennedy Assassination Report, and Garrison's self-promoting memoir inspired Oliver Stone's conspiracy-happy film JFK. Lambert does not attempt to discredit any assassination theory, but she succeeds admirably in her stated goal of chronicling Shaw's innocence.
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Aerial Assault said:
Bugliosi's book from a few years back pretty much ended all debate forever and was pretty entertaining as well, although it was something like 1,500 pages hardcover, so it's not a casual read. However, he did put out his initial narrative of events, from the president's arrival to the shooting of Officer Tippit to Ruby, in a subsequent paperback that was called One Morning in November or something. Maybe give that a shot if you're just after the story without analysis.
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Also excellent, Reclaiming History:

http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-History-Assassination-President-Kennedy/dp/0393045250/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400173806&sr=1-1&keywords=bugliosi+reclaiming+history

This covers every conspiracy angle, from A to Z and even includes a CD disc with hundreds of original references and sources.

 
SaintsInDome2006 said:
Aerial Assault said:
Bugliosi's book from a few years back pretty much ended all debate forever and was pretty entertaining as well, although it was something like 1,500 pages hardcover, so it's not a casual read. However, he did put out his initial narrative of events, from the president's arrival to the shooting of Officer Tippit to Ruby, in a subsequent paperback that was called One Morning in November or something. Maybe give that a shot if you're just after the story without analysis.
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Also excellent, Reclaiming History:

http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-History-Assassination-President-Kennedy/dp/0393045250/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400173806&sr=1-1&keywords=bugliosi+reclaiming+history

This covers every conspiracy angle, from A to Z and even includes a CD disc with hundreds of original references and sources.
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That's the one; not sure why I didn't name it in my post. :) I certainly spent enough time reading it to know its name. Fantastic deconstruction of virtually every conspiracy theory out there.

 
Mr. Pickles said:
'Nigel Tufnel said:
Case Closed by Posner.
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Yep. Seems to answer every question about any possibly "conspiracy theory."

The bottom line, to me, is this: night after night in the time leading up to the assassination, Oswald just stayed in his room in the house on N. Beckley (I think that's the name of the street) and did little else. No contact, really, with anybody but his wife that he saw on weekends.

Didn't have a phone. Any calls came into the main house and his landlady summoned him for them and they were far and few between. Or if there were lots of them, the landlady never brought 'em up afterward. How in the heck are you gonna plan something like this without being in almost regular contact with the Mob, the FBI or whoever else you think contributed?

The book also does a fabulous job delving into Oswald's entire life, giving you a pretty good insight into the events leading up to why he did what he did.

Conspiracy? Hardly. Coincidences? Tons of 'em to put Oswald and Kennedy in the same place on November 22, 1963.

If only he could have gotten nailed for the Walker try. :(

 
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