Books on President John F. Kennedy

Silencing the Lone Assassin

The assassination of John F. Kennedy has received more attention and analysis, perhaps, than any other single event, much less murder, in American history. While, officially, according to the Warren Commission, Lee Harvey Oswald alone assassinated JFK, other investigators, researchers, and authors have pointed fingers at the CIA, FBI, Mafia, Anti-Castro Cuban exiles, Pro-Castro Cubans, military industrial complex, ultra right wing activists, and, yes, even President Johnson!
In fact, if every shooter from even half of all the conspiracy books were actually present in Dealey Plaza when JFK's motorcade passed through, there would have been more lead flying around than there was at Gettysburg! Kennedy's limo would have had more bullet holes than Bonnie and Clyde's Ford when deputies gunned them down. Consequently, many, if not most Americans don't know what to believe about the assassination of President Kennedy.
History has been begging the arrival of a definitive book that leaves no doubt whatsoever as to what happened on that dark day in Dallas 36 years ago. Silencing the Lone Assassin is that book!
John A. Canal presents in a logical, easy-to-read format, key evidence in the case and includes important new information regarding the bullet fragments removed from the President's head, a late [and fatal] change in the motorcade route, and the Mob's silencing of Oswald. In addition, he solves a mystery that has for much too long, perplexed other authors and researchers, about a "library card," reportedly borrowed by the alleged assassin from Mob emissary and soldier of fortune, David Ferrie.
Indeed, Silencing the Lone Assassin finally closes the case on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Silencing the Lone Assassin: The Murders of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald by John A. Canal
Paragon House, 2000

Deep politics and the death of JFK

Peter Dale Scott's meticulously documented investigation uncovers the secrets surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Offering a wholly new perspective-that JFK's death was not just an isolated case, but rather a symptom of hidden processes-Scott examines the deep politics of early 1960s American international and domestic policies. Scott offers a disturbing analysis of the events surrounding Kennedy's death, and of the structural defects within the American government that allowed such a crime to occur and to go unpunished. In nuanced readings of both previously examined and newly available materials, he finds ample reason to doubt the prevailing interpretations of the assassination.
Peter Dale Scott questions the lone assassin theory and the investigations undertaken by the House Committee on Assassinations, and unearths new connections between Oswald, Ruby, and corporate and law enforcement forces. Revisiting the controversy popularized in Oliver Stone's movie JFK, Scott probes the link between Kennedy's assassination and the escalation of the U.S. commitment in Vietnam that followed two days later. He conts that Kennedy's plans to withdraw troops from Vietnam-offensive to a powerful anti-Kennedy military and political coalition-were secretly annulled when Johnson came to power.
The split between John F. Kennedy and his Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the collaboration between Army Intelligence and the Dallas Police in 1963, are two of the several missing pieces Peter Dale Scott adds to the puzzle of who killed Kennedy and why. Peter Dale Scott presses for a new investigation of the Kennedy assassination, not as an external conspiracy but as a power shift within the subterranean world of Americanpolitics.Deep Politics and the Death of JFK shatters our notions of one of the central events of the twentieth century.
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK by Peter Dale Scott
University of California Press, 1996

Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty

From the renowned biographer and national best selling author of The Kennedy Women and The Kennedy Men comes the third volume in the epic multigenerational history of America's first family.
Sons of Camelot is the compelling story of the Kennedy sons and grandsons in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It is the most intimate biography ever written about the Kennedy's, with the cooperation of family and friends at a moment when they are ready to talk with insight and depth about their lives. Among the many stunning portraits in the book is the definitive account of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s life, including interviews with his ten closest friends, none of whom has ever talked to an author before.
Based on five years of rigorous research and unprecedented cooperation from the five surviving sons of Robert Kennedy, the four Shriver sons, Maria Shriver, and other Kennedy's, Sons of Camelot is not only the most authoritative account, it is by far the most revealing book ever written about these lives. Falling far short of the great ambitions their patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy, envisioned for his family, the lives of his youthful progeny are instead characterized by overwhelming drama full of exalted aspirations, notable achievements, and the most spectacular mishaps, excesses, and tragedies. Yet among them are those whose remarkable accomplishments have led to better lives for all Americans and for others around the world.
Heartbreaking and inspiring, Sons of Camelot is a spellbinding history of individuals and a family, a journey of character through time told by a brilliant, masterful writer.
Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty by Laurence Leamer
HarperCollins, 2004
ISBN: 006620965X

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Jack is both the first comprehensive one-volume biography of John F. Kennedy and the first account of his life based on the extensive documentary record that has finally become available, including personal diaries, taped conversations from the White House, recently declassified government documents, extensive family correspondence, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly forty years.
Jack: A Life Like No Other provides a much-needed perspective on Kennedy's bewilderingly complex personality, presents a compelling account of the volatile relationship between Jack and Jackie - including her attempt to divorce him, move to Hollywood, and become a film star - and reveals how JFK forged the modern political campaign and, once in the White House, modernized the presidency.
This is a book like no other. Here, at last, John F. Kennedy seems to step off the page in all his vitality, charm, and originality.
Jack: A Life Like No Other by Geoffrey Perret
Random House, 2002

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