Killing Kennedy
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Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and the deceit of Camelot. The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism
… More »Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and the deceit of Camelot. The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. When his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, cracks down on organized crime, the list of those who have it in for the President grows. Then, in the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down, and the nation begins its slide into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.--From publisher description.
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Add a CommentA poor rehash....skimmed the book..would not recommend
Found it interesting. Glad I read it.
Extreme negative rating --- should not be suggested reading material. . .EVER! For the full and true story on the factual history surrounding the JFK assassination, please refer to the following outstanding books: (1) "Battling Wall Street: the Kennedy Presidency" by Donald Gibson /// (2) "Brothers" by David Talbot /// (3) "JFK and the Unspeakable" by James Douglass /// (4) "A Terrible Mistake" by H. P. Albarelli /// (5) "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker /// (6) "Mary's Mosaic" by Peter Janney /// (7) "The Kennedy Assassination Cover-up" by Donald Gibson /// (8) "Conspiracy Theory in America" by Lance deHaven-Smith /// (9) "Thy Will Be Done" by Gerard Colby with Charlotte Dennett /// (10) and Michael Parenti's remarkable book on the assassination of Julius Ceasar.
What complete trash this book is. All that Bill O'Reilly has done is strung together every misstatement of fact, rumor, innuendo, snide comment and unsubstantiated story about JFK and called it a "history". If you want to read about the Kennedy presidency and truly understand the history of the early 1960s then there are many, many far better books that you can read. I had never heard of Bill O'Reilly before reading this book, but the tone of the book reminds me of one of those trashy "documentaries" that you see on Fox News. So it comes as no surprise that I find that, yes indeed, Bill O'Reilly it the host of a program on Fox.
I was left wondering what the point of this book was. It struck me as a straightforward retelling of well-known events, with no context or insight added. Pretty much a waste of time.
"Killing Lincoln" of one year ago (2011) was somewhat timely. "Killing Kennedy" tries to capitalize on another assassination of a popular president by an unqualified author who uses the talents of another writer/historian to market his books. When that unqualified author's name appears larger than the title of the book, beware! A sophomoric effort that does nothing to inform on the assassination of Kennedy nor offer any insight. A travesty.
More or less a primer on JFK's life with little on the assassination.