CRIME
OF THE
CENTURY THE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION
FROM A
HISTORIAN'S
PERSPECTIVE Hardback book with Dust Jacket by Michael L. Kurtz Over 290 pages with illustrations First printing, May 1982 Second printing, June 1982 Copyright © 1982 by The University of Tennessee Press " The assassination of President John F. Kennedy has generated countless books, virtually all of them heavily biased for or against the "lone assassin" conclusion of the Warren Commission.
Now, in the first scholarly treatment of the assassination, Michael Kurtz brings all the skills and objectivity of the professional historian to bear on the key question:
" Who killed President Kennedy ? " " " This book recounts the tragic events of November 22, 1963, and provides a detailed critical analysis of the investigations of the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Professor Kurtz outlines the major areas of controversy about the assassination and sifts all the known evidence before concluding that both official inquiries failed to evaluate the considerable evidence of an assassination conspiracy.
Operating in the a priori assumption that Lee Harvey Oswald was guilty, the Commission and the Committee both ignored and distorted the overwhelming evidence that more than one assassin fired shots at the President.
Professor Kurtz also shows why the most prevalent conspiracy theories fail to fit the facts and concludes by offering a new and more plausible theory of how the assassination occurred. " " Thoroughly documented and based on the most exhaustive research carried out to date {at time of publication} on John Kennedy's murder, Crime of the Century draws a variety of primary source materials from the National Archives and the FBI's and CIA's declassified assassination files.
It utilizes the latest source materials released by the House Select Committee's investigation.
The depth of research, the rigorously objective sifting of evidence, and the incisive critique of official investigative bias make this a book of importance not only to students of the Kennedy assassination in particular, but also to scholars of government response to political violence in general. " Contents include: " Preface Chapter 1. Three Murders in Dallas Chapter 2. The Warren Commission Chapter 3. The Shots Chapter 4. The Shots in the Back Chapter 5. The Head Shots Chapter 6. Lee Harvey Oswald: Guilty or Innocent ? Chapter 7. The Murder of Officer Tippit Chapter 8. A Presumption of Guilt Chapter 9. Congress Investigates Chapter 10. The House Committee Report: Evidence and Analysis Chapter 11. Some Questions Chapter 12. Summary Foreword to Chapter Thirteen Chapter 13. The Plotter and Their Deed Guide to Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index " The book is in excellent condition with minor wear to the dust jacket.
No torn or ripped pages.
There was a label which as partially removed on the inside front cover. | 
for 1 item(s)
