JFK assassination logic : how to think about claims of conspiracy / John McAdams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAdams, John, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.

Kennedy, John F.

Conspiracies--United States--History--20th century.

Conspiracies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Untangling the logic behind the JFK conspiracy claims

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Frailty of Witness Testimony; 2 Problems of Memory; 3 Creating False Memories; 4 Witnesses Who Are Just Too Good; 5 Bogus Quoting: Stripping Context, Misleading Readers; 6 Probability: Things that Defy the Odds; 7 More on Defying the Odds: The Mysterious Deaths; 8 Did People Know It Was Going to Happen?; 9 Signal and Noise: Seeing Things in Photos; 10 Think Scenario; 11 Not All Evidence Is Equal: Using Reliable Evidence; 12 Too Much Evidence of Conspiracy; 13 Beware False Corroboration; 14 How Bureaucrats Act

15 Putting Theory into Practice: The Single Bullet Theory16 Thinking about Conspiracy: Putting It All Together; Time Line; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59797-579-6

OCLC:

758882039