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Title: On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison ISBN: 0-446-36277-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Garrison Proves His Case
Comment: Jim Garrison's book is one of the best regarding the assassination of President Kennedy. Regardless of the attacks on Garrison by many authors and members of the media, Garrison proves to be the one and only real hero in this matter, which really is in need of a hero. His book goes to state his thoughts on how the President was killed and why, and goes into telling an epic tale about the investigation he conducted in New Orleans as the District Attorney. It is a story about one man who tried to seek the truth, and bring the killers to justice, and when he brings a conspirator to trial, the media and federal government tries to shred his case to pieces. The government went so far as to charge him with fraudulent case of collecting payoffs from "pinball operators" while running for re-election. It brings forth the odd charcters involved in the case such as David Ferrie, Clay Shaw, and Guy Banister. This book is the basis for Oliver Stone's film "JFK." I recommend this book to all of those people whom are seeking the truth. This is a very important book, and is a must have!
Rating: 4
Summary: THE ONLY TRUE INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION
Comment: I have read this book several times..plus read many other theories, but I find that Mr. Garrison's investigation was the most thorough of any government investigation. He new where to look and who to look for, since he was right in the middle of the New Orleans scene, during the trying times of the Cuban problems. This book goes into great detail about the search and contacts of many of the witnesses, plus gives numerous cases where witnesses for the case were killed or never found. I am with Mr. Garrison, I believe the government knew about the assasination and were involved with it in covert operations. This book really elaborates on all the fine details of cover-up at it's best.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Search for the Truth
Comment: "On the Trail of the Assassins" is an excellent starting point for those trying to make sense of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. The author was the District Attorney of New Orleans, Louisiana at the time of the shooting. He felt, rightly it seems, that his jurisdiction contained a hotbed of intrigue against J.F.K. OTA is 2 tales in one: The first marshals the virtual kaleidoscope of sinister information, actual events, recreated events, innuendo, questions, malfeasance, lying, ineptitude, charges and countercharges behind the killing. The second relates the author's frustrating attempts to convict a real life person with plotting the act. The first effort is highly successful. This is true at least to the extent that the attentive reader should be convinced that 1) Lee Harvey Oswald certainly DID NOT assassinate Kennedy on his own and 2) was in every likelihood not DIRECTLY involved with the shooting -period. Furthermore, the author proved, to this reviewer's satisfaction that 3) Oswald also did not shoot Dallas Police Officer J.D.Tipitt that fateful afternoon. Linking Tippit to Oswald is critical in determining guilt. Finally, the author effectively eliminates the Mafia as the culprits in the crime. The foregoing is no small accomplishment. Left unanswered are the mysteries that have plagued virtually anyone who is unsatisfied with the Warren Commission or subsequent House investigation into the affair. A partial list of these issues encompass: the virtual criminal activities surrounding Kennedy's "so called autopsy", the presence of a second and even third (!) gunman in Dallas that day, the outright theft of the President's brain from the National Archives and the total and complete failure of the Secret Service to protect J.F.K. in Dallas. The author properly raises the right questions. Like most investigators, he is unable to provide answers. The most tantalizing questions of all concern Oswald: Who was he? If he did not shoot the President, why is he so prominent And what on the fringes of the event? He certainly was on the scene that day? Was he set up to take the fall? Was he a patsy? His own murder two days after the President's proved that someone wanted him silenced. The second tale surrounds the trial of one Clay Shaw, a local prominent business leader. Shaw was not charged with the murder but in forming a plot to carry out the assassination. No reader should be surprised at Shaw's acquittal. Garrison's case was unspecific and not coherently put together for such a serious charge. The jury's decision does not detract from the book one iota. There are so many unanswered questions and unexplained events to the Kennedy assassination it boggles the mind. The overriding burden lies in assigning specificity . At least Garrison tried to bring someone to justice. Conspiracy theorists will have to read further to get more answers to the frustrating questions. One weak point is the inadequacy of the one map of Dealey Plaza, the murder site. A more serious detraction is that so many facts are spread out over the text, many buried in footnotes. Readers will have to work hard! These facts, like Shaw's prosecution are not always coherently presented, a strange omission from such an experienced lawyer. In fairness to the author, this may reflect poor editing, not poor writing. One cautionary note from this observer: The Kennedy assassination is highly similar to another troubling affair: The missing POWs and MIAs from Indochina. In both instances, our Government failed us. And in both cases, the full truth will never be known. There remains no reason not to continue to seek answers no matter how frustrating. If enough of us try hard enough for long enough, perhaps more of the truth will one day emerge.
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Title: Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs ISBN: 0881846481 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Warren Commission Report: Report of President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by President's Commission On The Assassinat, United States ISBN: 0312082576 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:The Men Who Killed Kennedy ASIN: B00005UW74 Publisher: A & E Home Video Pub. Date: 26 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $26.06 |
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Title: JFK: The Book of the Film : The Documented Screenplay (Applause Screenplay Series) by Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar ISBN: 1557831270 Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title:Image of an Assassination - A New Look at the Zapruder Film ASIN: 630507190X Publisher: Mpi Home Video Pub. Date: 04 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.48 |
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