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THE JFK ASSASSINATION DEBATES : Lone Gunman versus Conspiracy / Michael L. Kurtz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurtz, Michael L., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conspiracies--United States--History--20th century.
- Conspiracies.
- Organized crime--United States--History--20th century.
- Organized crime.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Oswald, Lee Harvey.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2006.
- Summary:
- "Kurtz offers a superior account. He has spent four decades researching the assassination, and the result is this balanced appraisal of the varying theories, from the lone gunman--'magic bullet'--premise to those conspiracy theories that cannot be dismissed as the ramblings of kooks. Kurtz himself favors conspiracy and includes convincing evidence, from previously classified documents released after the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, that reveals CIA, FBI, Secret Service, and Warren Commission cover-ups. Intriguing accounts bolstering the author's conclusions include details relating to Lee Harvey Oswald, the Cuban-Mafia connection, the bumbling autopsy of the slain President, and the controversial roles of Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, and Warren Commission members Arlen Specter and Gerald Ford. Highly recommended."--Library Journal (starred review) "It is refreshing to see an academic historian turn his attention to this subject. . . . Whether one agrees completely with all of Kurtz's arguments or not, it is time for historians to take back some of the ground that has been seized by the sensationalists."--Journal of American History.
- Contents:
- The assassination and its aftermath
- Conflict: the evidence
- Conflict: the case for the lone assassin
- Conflict: the case for conspiracy
- Consensus: the facts
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- The intelligence connection
- The organized crime connection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700622498
- 0700622497
- OCLC:
- 966847530
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