John F. Kennedy Assassination

Perspectives on Modern World History

by Sylvia Engdahl (editor)

Each volume opens with background information -- including primary source material -- covering the periods leading up to, during and after the event. Then, each volume offers an in-depth, multinational perspective on the controversies surrounding the event and the current implications or long-lasting effects. Each volume concludes with first-person narratives from people who lived through or were directly impacted by the event.

224 pages, Library Binding

First published November 12, 2010

About the author

Sylvia Engdahl is the author of eleven science fiction novels, six of which, including the Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, are YA books also enjoyed by many adults. Although she is best known as an author for Young Adults, her most recent novels, the Founders of Maclairn duology (Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame) and the Captain of Estel trilogy (Defender of the Flame, Herald of the Flame, and Envoy of the Flame) are adult science fiction and are not appropriate for readers below high school age. For FAQs about them and more, visit her website.

She has also written a nonfiction book, The Planet-Girded Suns: Our Forebears' Firm Belief in Inhabited Exoplanets, of which updated and expanded paperback and ebook editions were published in 2012, and three collections of her essays. Most of the nonfiction books listed under her name were edited, rather than written, by her as a freelance editor of anthologies for high schools.

Engdahl says, "I never listed more than a few of the books I read here and now the list is so outdated that i have removed all but a very few that are still among my favorites, plus ebooks I produced for my mother and for my friend Shirley Rousseau Murphy. For current lists of good books on the subjects I care about, please visit the Opinion section of my website."

Reviews

[Calvin Hueter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was about the hysteria around the JFK assassination. It was very interesting to read about all the ideas that popped up. Many people thought that the man who killed JFK was hired by the communist party to promote the ideas of communism and destroy the idea of democracy. The book also went in depth about the angle of the bullet that was shot and where the Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot it. It also talked about the man who killed Lee named Jack Ruby. I recommend this book to people who are interested in conspiracies, JFK, or people who enjoy reading about history. Overall I enjoyed learning about the situation and had fun thinking about it.