Steve Thomas Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 The Daily Beast has come out with a list of the only five books you need to read to understand the JFK assassination. The Only Books on JFK’s Assassination You Need to Read https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-only-books-on-jfks-assassination-you-need-to-read?ref=home?ref=home The first one they list is, "Oswald's Tale" by Norman Mailer. I do not subscribe to this website, so I don't know what the other four books are. Perhaps someone who does subscribe could list the other four. This is for discussion only. I personally don't believe you can understand what happened in JFK's assassination by limiting your reading to only five books. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Thorne Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) The author of that piece wrote another article about 'books about JFK' in 2017, and enthused about Robert Dallek. But I don't feel the need to investigate his writing much further. Edited July 7, 2020 by Anthony Thorne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 In my article about JFK and Trump, i wrote that Politico proves that the online revolution in journalism was stillborn. Here is another example. Norman Mailer as necessary reading on the JFK case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Five books? I'd think like closer to 50, maybe well over if you include portions of some or partial relevance. A few not very important ones still have some important information in them. I just counted 36 on my top shelf. A few on the second shelf could be added and some from the Library. For starters: Accessories After The Fact The Assassinations Best Evidence Brothers At The Cold Shoulder Of History Contract On America, I know but important documented information. Crossfire Deep Politics And The Death Of JFK Destiny Betrayed Devil's Chessboard Echo From Dealy Plaza Flawed Patriot Ghost Girl On The Stairs High Treason Into The Nightmare In The Eye Of History JFK (Prouty) JFK And Vietnam The Last Investigation Last Word Last Dissenting Witness On The Trail Of The Assassins Oswald And The Cia Our Man In Mexico From An Office Building With A High Powered Rifle Plausible Denial Prayer Man The Radical Right Reclaiming Parkland Reclaiming Science The Ruby Cover-Up Someone Would Have Talked Survivor's Guilt Trauma Room One A Texan Looks At Lyndon Unspeakable The Warren Report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 22 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: In my article about JFK and Trump, i wrote that Politico proves that the online revolution in journalism was stillborn. Here is another example. Norman Mailer as necessary reading on the JFK case? THE TOP FIVE BOOKS: The JFK Assassination by James DiEugenio Destiny Betrayed SECOND EDITION by James DiEugenio The Girl on the Stairs by Barry Ernest The Lee Harvey Oswald Files by Flip de Mey (warts and all) Inside The ARRB (Volumes 1-5) by Douglas Horne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 On 7/6/2020 at 9:40 PM, James DiEugenio said: In my article about JFK and Trump, i wrote that Politico proves that the online revolution in journalism was stillborn. Here is another example. Norman Mailer as necessary reading on the JFK case? It's depressing, and the examples of terrible journalism on-line and in the M$M are legion-- like your recent essay about Politico using a poorly informed sports writer to write about American political history. Another example I encountered recently was on a Google search for some old scientific research literature about 9/11. (Hadn't looked this stuff up for awhile.) It was depressing to see page after page of pseudo-scientific bunk promoting the false government narrative. I felt like a character in George Orwell's novel 1984, living in a world where reality and history have been erased and re-written to manipulate the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 3 hours ago, W. Niederhut said: I felt like a character in George Orwell's novel 1984, living in a world where reality and history have been erased and re-written to manipulate the masses. Everyday now we have an Orwellian dichotomy in national news coverage. Just watch Fox News and then MSNBC on the same evening. Same events reported. Completely different realities in their presentation. Must be hard for young people in this country trying to figure out the truth of what's happening all around them. Just the press of a TV remote button and you see two polar versions. Was listening to national CBS news on the radio yesterday. Lead story was the Covid-19 case increases. CBS reported this: The number of Covid-19 cases are "higher" in some states ... and then 1 minute of flat general coverage. No mention of any controversial contradictions or urgent pleas for immediate changes to lock down or mask policies by over-whelmed health providers and experts in areas being inundated like Houston, Texas, etc. Local newspaper news reporting on this subject with headlines like: Covid-19 Case Increase Exploding To Record Levels. Hospitals Overwhelmed. Experts demand immediate review of Trump re-opening push and policies. I notice that most television and radio MSM downplays almost every Trump involved story like this. Listening to national news radio, you just don't hear the same urgent concern about the most troubling anxiety and controversy causing Trump actions, words and policies that is a daily reality all around us. Trump's impeachment trial was barely reported as a Trump negative for about one week after it's conclusion by the bulk of MSM. The MSM could have really gone after Trump after this rare but super important highest level Congressional rebuke. But, it's not even mentioned anymore. You'd think Trump was just a fairly normal President by their placid coverage of such things. What MSNBC and sometimes CNN and of course some internet news sites like Huffington Post and public radio reports actually reflects the true reality of the Trump driven conflict of interests that has engulfed our society to unprecedented divisive, angry and anxiety causing degrees. Our national political news coverage is so starkly divided in it's opposite reality presenting it's pathological. Mark Lane isn't mentioned much on these most important best books lists. He did arouse millions to want to know more about it all, did he not? Certainly me. Garrison's "On The Trail Of The Assassins" remains one of my top 5 tomes. His writing was engagingly and intelligently witty to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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