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Who Really Killed Kennedy?: 50 Years Later: Stunning New Revelations About the JFK Assassination
Almost nothing gives rise to more national intrigue than the murder of an American president. And on November 22, 2013, the nation remembered the 50th anniversary of one of the most traumatic events in modern American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
From day one, the truth behind JFK’s assassination has been mired in controversy and dispute. The Warren Commission, established just seven days after Kennedy’s death, delved into the who, what, when, and where of the tragedy, and over the course of the following year compiled an 889-page report that arrived at the now widely contested conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin.
In Who Really Killed Kennedy?, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., provides readers with the ultimate JFK assassination theory book.
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First published September 17, 2013
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Jerome R. Corsi
58 books75 followersAmerican author and political commentator.
Corsi is mostly known for his books against Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and Barack Obama, that were published in the years of presidential elections.
Corsi has discussed topics that are considered conspiracy theories, such as the alleged plans for a North American Government, the theory that President Barack Obama is not an American citizen.
Corsi is mostly known for his books against Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and Barack Obama, that were published in the years of presidential elections.
Corsi has discussed topics that are considered conspiracy theories, such as the alleged plans for a North American Government, the theory that President Barack Obama is not an American citizen.
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February 9, 20173.25-stars
I guess it’s becoming a bit of a thing for me to read a couple-few JFK books every year about this time. I do much enjoy it. All in all, though, I’d label this one a pretty middle-of-the-road JFK assassination book. Like many other books on the topic, it’s well worth reading if you’re interested in the topic and already know quite a bit about it; otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it as a standalone. Now the other one I’m reading, Brothers by David Talbot, THERE’S a badass book.
I guess it’s becoming a bit of a thing for me to read a couple-few JFK books every year about this time. I do much enjoy it. All in all, though, I’d label this one a pretty middle-of-the-road JFK assassination book. Like many other books on the topic, it’s well worth reading if you’re interested in the topic and already know quite a bit about it; otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it as a standalone. Now the other one I’m reading, Brothers by David Talbot, THERE’S a badass book.
July 29, 2016
I was intrigued going in because I had not read much about the assassination, but knew that many theories existed. I now have learned many theories, but I cannot distinguish how any of them fit together. Everything is just tossed into this book, even though some of the stories contradict themselves. I feel that this has done more to discredit conspiracy theories than it has to enlighten them. It is incredibly tough to get through as all of the "facts" are disjointed and bounce from one possibility to the next. The only thing impressive about this is the intricacy and depth of some of the hypotheses. I am not altogether certain that I personally don't have any connection to the assassination of JFK.
March 28, 2021
Painful to listen to with the same bits of information about bullets and whatnot repeated dozens of times.
October 31, 2013
Corsi's work purports itself to be "the definitive source for those who, after five decades, wish to truly understand how and why John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated--including information that has largely been hidden from the American people since the 1960s." Although it doesn't quite live up to those accolades, the book is a great resource for all the information that has surfaced in the last fifty years re JFK's death. The author does seem to be writing for readers who are at least somewhat familiar with all the possible contradictions and theories out there.
As more time goes by and documents emerge, it becomes even more obvious that the Warren Commission's findings were politically motivated and largely inaccurate. Whether we will ever know exactly what took place in Dallas in 1963 remains to be seen. I'm not one to accept just any old conspiracy theory, but there is no doubt in my mind that the events of that day are much more complicated than concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone (or at all) assassinated Kennedy.
History does repeat itself. We see in our government these same patterns of stonewalling and cover-up in events that are playing out in our media now. The Warren Commission set the precedent for much that is "investigated" today. No wonder so many citizens are skeptics and believe in conspiracy and collusion in high places.
Quotes:
"In the final analysis, the Warren Commission failed in its disinformation efforts to pin all the guilt on Oswald because the case against Oswald is not ironclad, while the Soviets succeeded in their disinformation campaign because the evidence supporting the conclusion the CIA was involved in the JFK assassination is more convincing than the official Warren Commission cover story." (189)
"The point here is that the 'deep politics' background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one, is limited to answering the question: Who really killed JFK? When the answer turns out to be "all of the above," as it is here, the inquiry turns from an identification of the players to an investigation of the political context in which these players worked together. In other words, it is not enough to conclude the operational plot to assassinate JFK involved the CIA working in concert with organized crime. So, too, it is important but not sufficient to note LBJ, Richard Nixon, and the military industrial complex all had motives for seeing a coup d'état carried out in the United States.
What is important is that all these actors shared a common belief in clandestine government operations. In the postwar world, the Dulles brothers exemplified the intermixture of law, investment banking, foreign policy, and covert intelligence operations. The shared principle was that foreign policy covert operations conducted by intelligence agencies under the principle of 'plausible deniability' were justified, as long as the result was to create a 'New World Order,' even if creating that new world order meant lying to the American people, now for a half century, and probably longer. The innovation represented by the JFK assassination was to apply the covert operations model, initially designed as a foreign policy tool, into a tool that could be applied equally in domestic policies, causing a coup d'état in the United States rather than simply overthrowing an inconvenient foreign government." (314-315)
"After fifty years of US government misinformation and deliberate stonewalling, researchers are just at the edge of discovering the truth about how and why JFK was assassinated in one of the greatest crimes in US history----a coup d'état in which rogue groups, including the highest intelligence services in the land, conspired to remove JFK from the presidency and to place LBJ in the White House. The consequences of this conspiracy are immeasurable, if only because a group of traitors successfully flouted the constitution and got away with it.
After fifty years of abuse, those who have suspected JFK's assassination was a conspiracy are about to be proven right. History will need to be rewritten to condemn those responsible as traitorous criminals. While prosecutions may no longer be possible simply because so many of the involved parties have already died, justice can be served by setting the historical record straight. At this late date, any attempt by the US government to withhold from the public documents pertaining to the JFK assassination should be deemed by Congress to be a continuation of the traitorous acts that killed JFK. If we do not want to see this history repeated, all Americans have a responsibility to demand the full truth from the US government now. To do less would be to further dishonor the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States." (316-317)
As more time goes by and documents emerge, it becomes even more obvious that the Warren Commission's findings were politically motivated and largely inaccurate. Whether we will ever know exactly what took place in Dallas in 1963 remains to be seen. I'm not one to accept just any old conspiracy theory, but there is no doubt in my mind that the events of that day are much more complicated than concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone (or at all) assassinated Kennedy.
History does repeat itself. We see in our government these same patterns of stonewalling and cover-up in events that are playing out in our media now. The Warren Commission set the precedent for much that is "investigated" today. No wonder so many citizens are skeptics and believe in conspiracy and collusion in high places.
Quotes:
"In the final analysis, the Warren Commission failed in its disinformation efforts to pin all the guilt on Oswald because the case against Oswald is not ironclad, while the Soviets succeeded in their disinformation campaign because the evidence supporting the conclusion the CIA was involved in the JFK assassination is more convincing than the official Warren Commission cover story." (189)
"The point here is that the 'deep politics' background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one, is limited to answering the question: Who really killed JFK? When the answer turns out to be "all of the above," as it is here, the inquiry turns from an identification of the players to an investigation of the political context in which these players worked together. In other words, it is not enough to conclude the operational plot to assassinate JFK involved the CIA working in concert with organized crime. So, too, it is important but not sufficient to note LBJ, Richard Nixon, and the military industrial complex all had motives for seeing a coup d'état carried out in the United States.
What is important is that all these actors shared a common belief in clandestine government operations. In the postwar world, the Dulles brothers exemplified the intermixture of law, investment banking, foreign policy, and covert intelligence operations. The shared principle was that foreign policy covert operations conducted by intelligence agencies under the principle of 'plausible deniability' were justified, as long as the result was to create a 'New World Order,' even if creating that new world order meant lying to the American people, now for a half century, and probably longer. The innovation represented by the JFK assassination was to apply the covert operations model, initially designed as a foreign policy tool, into a tool that could be applied equally in domestic policies, causing a coup d'état in the United States rather than simply overthrowing an inconvenient foreign government." (314-315)
"After fifty years of US government misinformation and deliberate stonewalling, researchers are just at the edge of discovering the truth about how and why JFK was assassinated in one of the greatest crimes in US history----a coup d'état in which rogue groups, including the highest intelligence services in the land, conspired to remove JFK from the presidency and to place LBJ in the White House. The consequences of this conspiracy are immeasurable, if only because a group of traitors successfully flouted the constitution and got away with it.
After fifty years of abuse, those who have suspected JFK's assassination was a conspiracy are about to be proven right. History will need to be rewritten to condemn those responsible as traitorous criminals. While prosecutions may no longer be possible simply because so many of the involved parties have already died, justice can be served by setting the historical record straight. At this late date, any attempt by the US government to withhold from the public documents pertaining to the JFK assassination should be deemed by Congress to be a continuation of the traitorous acts that killed JFK. If we do not want to see this history repeated, all Americans have a responsibility to demand the full truth from the US government now. To do less would be to further dishonor the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States." (316-317)
April 28, 2016
I've generally enjoyed reading books on the Kennedy assassination, but this one was muddled and confused. I was reminded of the Onion parody, headlined Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons. President Shot 129 Times from 43 Different Angles.
That's an exaggeration of this books conclusions, but only slightly...
From the book itself: "The point here is that the 'deep politics' background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one, is limited to answering the question: Who really killed JFK? When the answer turns out to be 'all of the above,' as it is here, the inquiry turns from an identification of the players to an investigation of the political context in which these players worked together."
(Emphasis added.)
That's an exaggeration of this books conclusions, but only slightly...
From the book itself: "The point here is that the 'deep politics' background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one, is limited to answering the question: Who really killed JFK? When the answer turns out to be 'all of the above,' as it is here, the inquiry turns from an identification of the players to an investigation of the political context in which these players worked together."
(Emphasis added.)
April 27, 2015
Who Really Killed Kennedy? 50 Years Later I'm Still Rehashing the Same Crap
Nothing new or stunning in this drivel. I wish I had a dollar for every time this author said "perhaps", "maybe" and "it's possible".
I find it hard to believe that people still buy in to a conspiracy. Perhaps Santa Claus was the second gunman on the grassy knoll. It's possible.
Nothing new or stunning in this drivel. I wish I had a dollar for every time this author said "perhaps", "maybe" and "it's possible".
I find it hard to believe that people still buy in to a conspiracy. Perhaps Santa Claus was the second gunman on the grassy knoll. It's possible.
February 22, 2024
Disappointed in this book. This title is CLICK-bait in written form. :(
Really thought there would be more about the "WHO killed Kennedy". I didn't know much about the assassination; only what you learn in schools and maybe grandparents talk about years and years later about how things were this or that during Kennedy times, or how if this or that hadn't happened... but never really knew much about it. Was hoping this would answer some of the questions about the rumors you also hear and why people called it a cover up. While some questions were answered, many were left to the reader, and led to even more questions, but that's not my only issues with this particular book and I will be looking at some others for better clarity on the subject.
First, at one point the author says: "deep politics" background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one is limited to answering the question: Who Really killed JFk? Well, that leads me to exactly the thought of this book being CLICK-BAIT in written form. The title was specifically to get you to BUY this book, to buy-into the thought that you would somehow get answers. What you get instead is some really long winded, spiral into oblivion of boredom pieces that slide off some side tracks pretty far... then, get wrapped back around to make a connection. It made the information both hard to follow and hard to digest.
Another issue I had was that it became boring at points when the author starts saying that such-and-such book says this, and so-and-so wrote this, and then back to the first book mentioned...at one point there were so many different books mentioned, that I though, why then am I not just reading those books? If this is a compilation of different books, maybe then those would be the better choice of books to read.
In the end this took me WAY longer to read than intended, and way longer than it should have taken. The writing for me was a challenge at points. For me the text was unclear at points why the author would even bring up a specific person NOT even related to the topic of the book to spend pages and pages on this topic, and then FINALLY, make some kind of "sorta" connection. Sometimes you could see why the information was provided, but why the circuitous way of getting there? Other times the information was still questionable and hearsay or provided from another author, so why if the scope of the book can't cover certain things would the author then try to reuse some other author's text in his book? There really had to be a better title for this book because it doesn't actually answer the question and the author even says it can't do so at one point because there are too many theories out there. So now were back to the CLICK-BAIT title. I get it you want a title to draw you in, but don't lie and tell me you're going to do something and then don't do it! A bunch of theories about who could have done it, connections to the mob and other stuff coming back to maybe this person but not the person you think, but it could be that person did have ties... fail. :(
Really thought there would be more about the "WHO killed Kennedy". I didn't know much about the assassination; only what you learn in schools and maybe grandparents talk about years and years later about how things were this or that during Kennedy times, or how if this or that hadn't happened... but never really knew much about it. Was hoping this would answer some of the questions about the rumors you also hear and why people called it a cover up. While some questions were answered, many were left to the reader, and led to even more questions, but that's not my only issues with this particular book and I will be looking at some others for better clarity on the subject.
First, at one point the author says: "deep politics" background of the JFK assassination cannot be explained fully by a book whose scope, like this one is limited to answering the question: Who Really killed JFk? Well, that leads me to exactly the thought of this book being CLICK-BAIT in written form. The title was specifically to get you to BUY this book, to buy-into the thought that you would somehow get answers. What you get instead is some really long winded, spiral into oblivion of boredom pieces that slide off some side tracks pretty far... then, get wrapped back around to make a connection. It made the information both hard to follow and hard to digest.
Another issue I had was that it became boring at points when the author starts saying that such-and-such book says this, and so-and-so wrote this, and then back to the first book mentioned...at one point there were so many different books mentioned, that I though, why then am I not just reading those books? If this is a compilation of different books, maybe then those would be the better choice of books to read.
In the end this took me WAY longer to read than intended, and way longer than it should have taken. The writing for me was a challenge at points. For me the text was unclear at points why the author would even bring up a specific person NOT even related to the topic of the book to spend pages and pages on this topic, and then FINALLY, make some kind of "sorta" connection. Sometimes you could see why the information was provided, but why the circuitous way of getting there? Other times the information was still questionable and hearsay or provided from another author, so why if the scope of the book can't cover certain things would the author then try to reuse some other author's text in his book? There really had to be a better title for this book because it doesn't actually answer the question and the author even says it can't do so at one point because there are too many theories out there. So now were back to the CLICK-BAIT title. I get it you want a title to draw you in, but don't lie and tell me you're going to do something and then don't do it! A bunch of theories about who could have done it, connections to the mob and other stuff coming back to maybe this person but not the person you think, but it could be that person did have ties... fail. :(
April 21, 2019
I decided to read this after visiting the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas over Spring Break, and to be honest, I couldn't get all the way through it. I enjoyed the beginning chapters in which Corsi discusses bullet trajectory, Kennedy's injuries, and the logistics Oswald needed to pull this off alone. However, once he got into the chapters regarding all the plotting done by conspirators and the many witnesses, it became too much and was too confusing. Skipping to the end, to me it almost seemed like Corsi had "evidence" or belief that any one of Kennedy's enemies could have been behind his death, and in reading, it's as if he goes so far to write they all worked together to get the job done (LBJ, Nixon, the mafia, and the CIA).
If you enjoy non-fiction and want to learn more about the Kennedy conspiracies, then read this. But, just be ready to keep all the information clear and straight in your head.
If you enjoy non-fiction and want to learn more about the Kennedy conspiracies, then read this. But, just be ready to keep all the information clear and straight in your head.
July 10, 2017
On so many levels this should not work, but it does. Trust the facts but not the syntax or editing. The prose is accessible, but spelling and tense errors make for some truly tortured sentences. The research is comprehensive, but authors' last names change from one reference to the next. It feels like the author hammered this out on a computer, typing with one hand as the other hand held source texts open for summarizing.
More of a survey for folks who know little about these events. The author presents excerpts of his own correspondence with a veteran of Soviet intelligence. Not definitive, but this book is compelling in that we may never know the truth about this world-changing event.
More of a survey for folks who know little about these events. The author presents excerpts of his own correspondence with a veteran of Soviet intelligence. Not definitive, but this book is compelling in that we may never know the truth about this world-changing event.
June 8, 2024
I’m intrigued by the poor investigation into the assassination, how quickly it was a case closed, and the shoddy evidence surrounding the conclusions that were drawn. I had a hard time reading the theories though. Some of the evidence was interesting to consider. Some of it was a little far fetched. I don’t know that this book did anything to change my opinion or stance. Although I’m probably slightly more educated, I guess.
June 7, 2019
Nice Synopsis
For those who are still intrigued by the "who done it, on Nov 22 1963,
this provides a well documented tour of he macro & micro causes and
players of the greatest crime of the 20th century, which technically remains unsolved....
For those who are still intrigued by the "who done it, on Nov 22 1963,
this provides a well documented tour of he macro & micro causes and
players of the greatest crime of the 20th century, which technically remains unsolved....
November 15, 2017
I could write a whole book on the errors & illogic here. I was sorely disappointed after reading Where's the Birth Certificate? This was a bum's rush job.
February 18, 2018
Good read
Typical jfk assassination book. Nothing new that hasn't been already discussed. Corsis lectures are more informative and enlightening than the book.
Typical jfk assassination book. Nothing new that hasn't been already discussed. Corsis lectures are more informative and enlightening than the book.
August 21, 2019
Fascinating. This author compiles newly released evidence and derives pointed conclusions.
December 26, 2020
I cannot, not, read anything about JFK’s assassination.
September 10, 2021
Several interesting facts but the author took the lack of proof that something didn't happen as proof that it did.
January 13, 2022
You’re not supposed to put new information in your conclusion. You were making a pretty convincing case until you just started absolutely lobbing half-baked accusations at the wall.
February 1, 2022
Audiobook
February 23, 2022
no matter the politics or the six degrees of separation, a lone gunman can't explain this.
October 18, 2013
Jerome Corsi's book is the first I've read on the JFK assassination in many years. Corsi demonstrates, I believe, a thorough knowledge of the evidence based on the reviews of others's works and his own research and interviews. He sifts through various contradictory claims about who was where, and when and why they were there. He has convinced me--perhaps more strongly than any writer before--that there were multiple shooters on November 22, 1963. Ipso facto there was a conspiracy to end to Kennedy's presidency and his life. Corsi tracks Lee Harvey Oswald's involvement with the U.S. armed forces and later various shadowy outfits (including the Mob, the CIA, and the KGB!), argues effectively that Oswald could not have been the killer, and was in fact set up to be a fall guy. Corsi offers credible reasons why the Warren Commission needed to quash any suspicion of a conspiracy and its consequent haste to pin the entire operation on Oswald. He makes an effective case for the presence in Dallas of persons capable of the kind of operation that took place in Dealy Plaza--multiple snipers shooting from at least three angles in quick, coordinated succession. He thinks the team of shooters brought together talent from organized crime along with others--men who had been in the employ of the CIA for its operations in Guatemala (1954) and Cuba (Bay of Pigs, 1961). But when Corsi begins to try to identify the high-level conspirators--those able to finance and coordinate the operation and who would derive a benefit from it--he falls far short of what his title pretends in asking "Who really killed Kennedy?" The best he can do is present his suspicions; he has very little to base them on. When I look at the list of other books he has written (e.g., Unfit for Command (against John Kerry) and The Obama Nation (attacking Obama and giving credence to the birther perspective), I am thrust into a deep hole of doubt that I would ever be convinced by his case against LBJ, Nixon, and Allen Dulles. There is much more work to be done on the JFK assassination before the case can rest.
November 23, 2013
President John F. Kennedy was killed by lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald shooting from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. That is the biggest load of horse shit that our government has been attempting to shove down our throats for 50 years. I have long subscribed to the "conspiracy nuts" that refuse to believe in the lies. Corsi has pulled together a book that is a complete compilation of research detailing who the shooters were, how this coup was set into motion, and who knew about the plot to murder Kennedy.
A very good book for red blooded Americans that refuse to believe the lies and for those wanting to know the truth.
Not a good book for those that line up and eat from the trough of bullshit served up by our current president and his cronies (Pelosi, Reid, Holder, Kerry, Hilary etc., etc.). Don't worry it is O.K. for you to believe the lies, you should be able to sleep perfectly well at night.
50 years later - R.I.P. Mr. Kennedy.
May you see God’s light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.
God Bless America
A very good book for red blooded Americans that refuse to believe the lies and for those wanting to know the truth.
Not a good book for those that line up and eat from the trough of bullshit served up by our current president and his cronies (Pelosi, Reid, Holder, Kerry, Hilary etc., etc.). Don't worry it is O.K. for you to believe the lies, you should be able to sleep perfectly well at night.
50 years later - R.I.P. Mr. Kennedy.
May you see God’s light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.
God Bless America
July 17, 2015
This is another in a plethora of Kennedy assassination conspiracy books. I believe the author did a good job of presenting the case for a coverup. The author presented two theories that I haven't seen before this book. The first is that the author firmly believes that Kennedy was going to start pulling advisors out of Vietnam. He uses directive 263, in which Kennedy wanted 1000 advisors brought home by end of December, 1963. He also quotes the speech that Kennedy was to give at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day he was killed. In that speech Kennedy talks about withdrawing our forces from Vietnam. He was moving to a policy of arms and financial support in place of troops. This raised the ire of the military-industrial complex who stood to lose a lot of money from government contracts. The second point was the he generally in favor of wars of nationalism. Even if they were somewhat influenced by communism, he felt that more democratic forms of government would emerge. All that was needed was American aid. This idea alienated many of the old cold warriors such as the Dulles brothers, Nixon, and LBJ. Combine these factors with the opposition of the CIA and organized crime the conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy emerges.
October 17, 2024
Copiously footnoted book with lots of detail, some of which you have never read before.
I know you'll be eager to sneak into the last chapter but . . . Don't Do It! Patience will be rewarded.
I agree with the author's deductive conclusion but I dare not spoil your own pursuit of the truth by disclosing that conclusion here.
I'll just say that the lie that LHO was the only shooter that tragic day in Dallas is now pretty much universally dis-proven through a great number of carefully-researched books and vetted testimony. Lee Harvey Oswald was a rigorously-groomed patsy whose untimely death make it easy for the thoroughly-rigged Warren Commission to hide the truth.
Maybe in another fifty years all the truth about the several perps who planned and carried out the tragic shooting of JFK will finally be exposed for all to see.
I know you'll be eager to sneak into the last chapter but . . . Don't Do It! Patience will be rewarded.
I agree with the author's deductive conclusion but I dare not spoil your own pursuit of the truth by disclosing that conclusion here.
I'll just say that the lie that LHO was the only shooter that tragic day in Dallas is now pretty much universally dis-proven through a great number of carefully-researched books and vetted testimony. Lee Harvey Oswald was a rigorously-groomed patsy whose untimely death make it easy for the thoroughly-rigged Warren Commission to hide the truth.
Maybe in another fifty years all the truth about the several perps who planned and carried out the tragic shooting of JFK will finally be exposed for all to see.
January 4, 2014
This book was very interesting. To be honest, I picked this book up because I wanted to know more about the JFK assassination. I did not know much about it, only that he had been shot while in his motorcar when he was visiting. I didn't know why he had been shot. But, to know that there were some revelations opening up now, made me feel intrigued that hey, the president had been shot, so what other secrets or information is now being put out. This took me a while to finish due to the fact that I had been sick, but nonetheless it was very interesting to know what the book had to say. It is a little "all over" the place, but it was good. I guess, only read it if you're a big history fan... but that's all I'm saying. I was a little bored at some points.
July 12, 2014
Without question one of the most complete JFK Assassination books ever written. Mr. Corsi even goes so far as to disprove some theories with great effectiveness. I have read over 40 JFK Assassination books and I had more "Ah Ha" moments while reading this book than any other book on this topic I have read in recent memory. This is an absolute must read for not only JFK Assassiation buffs, but for anyone who really wants to know what happened and who was involved. A coup de tat, is an understatement. There were so many hands an organizations involved with the most tragic murder in American history, either before, during or after the fact - it staggers the imagination. The bottom line is, no one man or even one organization could have pulled off the crime of the century this effectively.
January 18, 2014
Jerome Corsi pulled together all the available evidence and used a logical and systematic approach to lay out his case that President Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy, rather than a lone gunman as the Warren Commission concluded. We were deceived by our government, and many high-level officials are complicit in the cover-up, including the man who ascended to the office once Kennedy was dead. There is so much truth revealed here, and it makes me extremely wary of how the American people so easily accepted the conclusion of the Warren Commission and completely ignored the coup-d'etat that took place right in front of them.
January 29, 2017
A collection of the facts as far as Corsi could determine them as of 2013, seemingly objective and well documented, but with the surprise of how many people were in on the plot: LBJ (for the presidency), the CIA and the military industrial complex (to stop JFK from pulling out of Vietnam), the Mafia (angry at RFK for his attempts to prosecute them), Officer Tippit, Jack Ruby, at least one sniper from the French Connection heroin trade and one from the CIA. Nixon and Bush 41 were aware of it and were in Dallas on 11/22/63; Texas oil barons provided financing. Rather slow reading, going over familiar ground, until the last chapter, which is pretty shocking.
November 25, 2013
This book was very disjointed and missing a lot of information that would've disputed some of his assertions. In addition, even as a non-expert I noticed some issues (area if town in Dallas is Oak Cliff, not Oak Hill). Although the investigation if jfk's murder had issues, I don't feel like this book was a reliable source of fact. In addition, he threw up just about every alternate theory if the events (many of which contradicted each other). I would've preferred he picked one and stuck with it.
February 3, 2014
This books discusses the various actors and conspiracies that surrounded JFK and ultimately lead to his assassination. This may be a spoiler but the answer is a whole bunch of people, assisted providing organization and money and the mob and Cubans actually carrying it out. There are many people that have motive to carry it out, but like any murder mystery, it the important part is to get through the clues to finger who done it. That is where this book comes up short.
February 26, 2022
A thorough read!
Completely unbelievable throughout, Jerome Corsi explains how numerous people/organisations (including the CIA, the mob, and the next President Lyndon B. Johnson) had meaning, motive, and opportunity to kill John F. Kennedy. He delves into the aborted assassination plots beforehand, and the alternative patsies to Lee Harvey Oswald.
A comprehensive read, although slightly confusing in parts. Would greatly benefit from a character list at the beginning of the book.
Completely unbelievable throughout, Jerome Corsi explains how numerous people/organisations (including the CIA, the mob, and the next President Lyndon B. Johnson) had meaning, motive, and opportunity to kill John F. Kennedy. He delves into the aborted assassination plots beforehand, and the alternative patsies to Lee Harvey Oswald.
A comprehensive read, although slightly confusing in parts. Would greatly benefit from a character list at the beginning of the book.
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