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The JFK Assassination Debates: Lone Gunman Versus Conspiracy (Hardcover)

by Michael L. Kurtz (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of Kansas (8 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0700614745
  • ISBN-13: 978-0700614745
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 584,176 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Provides a skillfully balanced and up-to-date summary of the views supporting the lone assassin and conspiracy sides of the JFK assassination controversy, as well as new evidence that revises our understanding of Oswald's associations and actions. If I were teaching a course on the JFK assassination, this book would definitely be near the top of my reading list." -- Gerald D. McKnigh


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Who killed JFK? Ever since that fateful day in Dallas, theories about President Kennedy's murder have proliferated, running the gamut from the official "lone gunman" verdict to both serious and utterly screwball conspiracy theories. Michael Kurtz, a distinguished historian who has plumbed every crevice of this controversial case for more than thirty years, now sums up and critiques four decades of debate, while also offering provocative new perspectives. Kurtz presents an objective accounting of what we actually know and don't know about the assassination, underlining both the logic and the limitations of the major theories about the case. He then offers unique interpretations of the physical and forensic evidence and of existing areas of controversy, leading him to new conclusions that readers will find hard to dismiss. Kurtz shows how the official investigation's egregious mishandling of the crime-scene evidence - related to virtually every aspect of the case - is largely responsible for the lone gunman/conspiracy schism that confronts us today. Those responsible for that investigation (including the Dallas police, the FBI, and the Warren Commission) failed so miserably in their efforts that they would have been laughed off the air if they had been portrayed on any of TV's popular CSI series. One of the few experts writing on the subject who actually met Oswald, Kurtz also provides new information about the accused assassin's activities around the time of the assassination and about his double life, analyzing Oswald's ties to the intelligence community, to organized crime, and to both anti- and pro-Castro Cuban activists. Mustering extraordinary documentation - including exclusive interviews with key figures and extensive materials declassified by the Assassination Records Review Board - he both confirms and alters much previous speculation about Oswald and other aspects of the case. Who really killed JFK? Forty years later, most Americans still feel they don't know the truth and that their own government isn't telling them the whole story. This book offers a corrective to even the most recent "final verdicts" and establishes a sound baseline for future research.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The truth shall set you free, 31 Mar 2007
By Neal Parkinson (Lancashire, UK) - See all my reviews
This is a must-read book! It's the book that should have been written years ago but thankfully Michael L Kurtz has now done this and also come up with a masterpiece in the process. What better way to look at the JFK assassination that to present all the arguments, knowledge and more importantly the FACTS and then let the reader decider. An excellent and compelling read.
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably balanced, but sketchy at times, 19 Mar 2008
By Patrick Collins "pcollins114" (England) - See all my reviews
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I met Michale Kurtz at the University of Hammond in Louisiana in 1985. He's a reasonable authority on the assassination, but in my opinion he jumps to conclusions too easily on this subject. Like many authors who take the pro conspiracy stance, he asserts that the single bullet theory is nigh on impossible - it is not ! And that the fatal head shot may have come from the front - there is overwhelming and substantial evidence to refute this theory. He also does not give too much credence to the official conclusion that Oswald alone killed JFK, however there is substantial evidence to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that Oswald did kill Kennedy. A far better recent book by Peter Knight (A British author) called "The Kennedy Assassination" is recommended. The works of another Brit - Mel Ayton - on this subject are also excellent.

Kurtz'z book is good however and is a fine introduction to this bottomless pit of a subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great starting point, 14 Nov 2007
By Mr. P. D. B. Thresher "PDTHRESHER" (Hampshire, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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For years I had always intended to find out more about the JFK assassination but was always put off purchasing a title because the it appeared the literature was so divided. The approach that Michael L. Kurtz has taken is a welcome change. Whilst being relatively light reading, it is very well researched. Highly recommended!
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