- Paperback: 607 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (25 Nov 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751509248
- ISBN-13: 978-0751509243
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 357,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An examination of the Kennedy assassination which claims that Oswald acted on his own. Based on new interviews, secret files and the computer enhancements of film and evidence, this book not only uncovers where the Warren Commission erred but also demolishes the leading conspiracy theories.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Gerald Posner seems to be the author that all conspiracy theorists love to hate. If you read this book with an open mind you'll soon understand why.
Posner tackles the unfettered and careless fantasists with clinical precision and effect. His challenges to the entire 'conspiracy idea' render this book as one of the most important ever written on the murders of President Kennedy and Police Officer Tippit.
But, in truth, that's not the best virtue of the book.
The author does a wonderful job of exposing the real Lee Harvey Oswald. Posner digs deep and exhumes the real man who perpetrated the assassination. He dispels all the nonsense that's been written and said about Oswald in desperate attempts by disingenuous commentators to exonerate a young man who killed two, grievously injured another (John Connally) and attempted to murder another (Edwin Walker). Oswald can also be said to have attempted to murder the officers who arrested him in the Texas Theatre - after all he did pull a fully-loaded revolver on them. Had he killed any one of them would we still be debating his innocence today?
Those who have sought to defend Oswald since his own murder usually opine that he `never had his day in court'.
In fact Oswald has had a better defence in death that he ever could have expected had he lived to face trial. The great and the good have come to his aid for more than forty years and none have come close to raising anything like `a reasonable doubt' in his defence. In this book Posner shows why.
Posner tackles the unfettered and careless fantasists with clinical precision and effect. His challenges to the entire 'conspiracy idea' render this book as one of the most important ever written on the murders of President Kennedy and Police Officer Tippit.
But, in truth, that's not the best virtue of the book.
The author does a wonderful job of exposing the real Lee Harvey Oswald. Posner digs deep and exhumes the real man who perpetrated the assassination. He dispels all the nonsense that's been written and said about Oswald in desperate attempts by disingenuous commentators to exonerate a young man who killed two, grievously injured another (John Connally) and attempted to murder another (Edwin Walker). Oswald can also be said to have attempted to murder the officers who arrested him in the Texas Theatre - after all he did pull a fully-loaded revolver on them. Had he killed any one of them would we still be debating his innocence today?
Those who have sought to defend Oswald since his own murder usually opine that he `never had his day in court'.
In fact Oswald has had a better defence in death that he ever could have expected had he lived to face trial. The great and the good have come to his aid for more than forty years and none have come close to raising anything like `a reasonable doubt' in his defence. In this book Posner shows why.
15 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The beauty of a book like Case Closed is that it claims to have all of the answers. If the reader is willing to blindly accept everything the author states as fact, they may be left feeling as if they know the answer to the great American murder mystery. There's no doubt that Posner is a strong, if simplistic, writer and as a former lawyer he knows how to present a case. And he most certainly has his lawyer hat on when he presents what basically amounts to a prosecutors brief. He cherry-picks the evidence, choosing only the witness testimonies and statements that support his arguments whilst ignoring and misrepresenting those that do not. Worst of all, when there is no evidence to support one of his claims, he says there is anyway!
Case Closed is rife with factual errors. In fact there are probably more inaccuracies in this book than in any of the hundreds of pro-conspiracy books that Posner spends half of his time criticising. For example:
p255: Posner claims that railroad workers on the overpass could not have seen puffs of smoke from rifle fire on the knoll "since modern ammunition is smokeless, it seldom creates even a wisp of smoke." This is provably false. Even a government investigation of the assassination refuted this. (see HSCA report p606)
p13n: Posner cites the reports of two Soviet psychiatrists claiming that they support the notion that Oswald was mentally unsound. They do not. (see Warren Commission hearings vol. 18 p464-73)
p257: Posner claims that eyewitness Ed Hoffman could not have seen a gunman behind the picket fence atop the grassy knoll because his view was blocked by "four large railway freight cars." All known films and photos show this to be false.
p329: According to Posner the exact moment Governor Connally was hit can be pin-pointed at frame 224 of the Zapruder film because "the right front of the Governor's suit lapel flips up from his chest." He neglects to mention that the bullet hole in Connally's jacket was several inches down from the lapel in the jacket body beneath the right nipple area.
And so on.
This is not to say that Case Closed is entirely without merit. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the author's conclusions, it is a very enjoyable read. Even though I know it is woefully biased and inaccurate I was gripped by Posner's biography of Oswald. And he does debunk a few of the sillier theories on the assassination (such as the bizarre body alteration theory put forth in David Lifton's book "Best Evidence"). Still, it's probably best to treat this book as what it is; a work of fiction.
Case Closed is rife with factual errors. In fact there are probably more inaccuracies in this book than in any of the hundreds of pro-conspiracy books that Posner spends half of his time criticising. For example:
p255: Posner claims that railroad workers on the overpass could not have seen puffs of smoke from rifle fire on the knoll "since modern ammunition is smokeless, it seldom creates even a wisp of smoke." This is provably false. Even a government investigation of the assassination refuted this. (see HSCA report p606)
p13n: Posner cites the reports of two Soviet psychiatrists claiming that they support the notion that Oswald was mentally unsound. They do not. (see Warren Commission hearings vol. 18 p464-73)
p257: Posner claims that eyewitness Ed Hoffman could not have seen a gunman behind the picket fence atop the grassy knoll because his view was blocked by "four large railway freight cars." All known films and photos show this to be false.
p329: According to Posner the exact moment Governor Connally was hit can be pin-pointed at frame 224 of the Zapruder film because "the right front of the Governor's suit lapel flips up from his chest." He neglects to mention that the bullet hole in Connally's jacket was several inches down from the lapel in the jacket body beneath the right nipple area.
And so on.
This is not to say that Case Closed is entirely without merit. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the author's conclusions, it is a very enjoyable read. Even though I know it is woefully biased and inaccurate I was gripped by Posner's biography of Oswald. And he does debunk a few of the sillier theories on the assassination (such as the bizarre body alteration theory put forth in David Lifton's book "Best Evidence"). Still, it's probably best to treat this book as what it is; a work of fiction.
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was delighted to discover Posner's book some years ago and was impressed with his detailed knowledge of Oswald and the JFK assasination. It simply is a must read for those interested in America's most notorious murder, and will challenge even the most ardent conspiracy theorist to re-evaluate the weight of evidence against Oswald.Posner paints a fascinating insight into Oswald, and is unencumbered by the extensive use of footnotes. Excellent.
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It may not be the last word on this subject but it should be
Some of the other reviews here are quite hysterical. Ok, I am prepared to accept that Posner may have cherry picked some of his sources to support his central hypothesis. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Neil Kernohan
Case Wide Open! Plausible for the gullible!
Anyone who gives this book any credence has obviously not done their home work concerning the JFK assassination, and the known fact's, just like the author obviously didn't do! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. D. A. Roome
An understanding of how and why Lee Harvey Oswald "... ended up in the...
Well it should have been case closed. But no matter how clear sighted and rational a book might be, it still requires its readers to be rational, and to have good faith in... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Grr
Totally biased - But may fool the uninformed
This book came out in the wake of the Oliver Stone movie "JFK". In the same way that the film was for many people an
introduction to the controversies surrounding the... Read more
introduction to the controversies surrounding the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Steve C
full of untruths
As with all attempts to debunk this book is so disingenuous and is so full of untruths masquerading as facts that you almost feel sorry for the author. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Simon J. Lomax
Utterly convincing
I read this book with an open mind. I found the case presented by the author to be incredibly thorough and absolutely convincing. For me, case closed.
Published on 13 Nov 2007 by Mr. Richard J. Pask
You cannot be serious!
Posner was clever in writing this book. At the time, the majority of written and public opinion was firmly in the conspiracy camp so it was sensible to take a different tact. Read more
Published on 16 July 2007 by M. CALLAGHAN
Well researched in fact !
Having spent more than 25 years as a serious researcher on this subject and some three hundred books down the line, I found this (actually very well researched) book to be quite... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by Patrick Collins
Posner talks nonsense
The great thing about books as badly researched as this one is that the passage of time demonstrates just how biased and dishonest they are. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2007 by Ian W. Irving
Blast against the conspiracy theorists
It won't convince those who do not wish to be convinced, but it seems that this is an authoritative account of the JFK assassination - it especially gets stuck into the... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2006 by A reader
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