What are your top 5 JFK assassination books?

[Ted Shields]

Having met both Lane and Bugliosi I can say that they were actually quite similar. Both were lawyers to the bone.

Lane was a wild conspiracy theorist. Dangerous. Blood on his hands in Jonestown and then had the temerity to write a book saying the shooters were US forces. Absolutely disgraceful.

A masterpiece of self-indulgence.

The most in depth piece we have about the assassination. Incredible book. Think it took me about 3 years to read it on and off.

[Louis Earl]

Manchester Affair is not about the assassination per se, it's about all the roadblocks put in the path of William Manchester (including trying to keep him from being paid) in his writing Death of a President. 

[Bill Brown]

11/22/63 by Stephen King.


Oh!  Sorry.

[John Iacoletti]

11/22/63 by Stephen King.

Oh!  Sorry.

That was an interesting fictional account of the assassination.

Not unlike the Warren Commission Report.

[Robert Reeves]

A good thread, seeing we all might find ourselves 'self isolating' for some considerable time. I've been listening to a lot of audio books at work.

In no particular order, but my fave audio books so far -

The Last Investigation - Gaeton Fonzi. Really informative stuff. I looked forward to listening to each chapter.

On The Trail of the JFK Assassins - Dick Russell. If you are interested in the CIA mind control theory re Oswald the 'patsy' - this is #1.

The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot. Epic account of the opposition JFK faced, as a new POTUS, from the then era 'deep state'.

The Girl On The Stairs - Barry Ernest. Reading the physical book, nearly finished. Very good read so far. Backs up a lot of my own understanding of the Warren Commission's lack of real truth seeking. They couldn't afford to find a conspiracy -- hence cutting their cloth accordingly. 

Brothers - David Talbot. Helps explain why the Kennedy's, but Bobby in particular, remained mostly silent re the assassination of JFK. Never wait for tomorrow!

[Tom Scully]

A good thread, seeing we all might find ourselves 'self isolating' for some considerable time. I've been listening to a lot of audio books at work.

In no particular order, but my fave audio books so far -

The Last Investigation - Gaeton Fonzi. Really informative stuff. I looked forward to listening to each chapter.

On The Trail of the JFK Assassins - Dick Russell. If you are interested in the CIA mind control theory re Oswald the 'patsy' - this is #1.

The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot. Epic account of the opposition JFK faced, as a new POTUS, from the then era 'deep state'.

The Girl On The Stairs - Barry Ernest. Reading the physical book, nearly finished. Very good read so far. Backs up a lot of my own understanding of the Warren Commission's lack of real truth seeking. They couldn't afford to find a conspiracy -- hence cutting their cloth accordingly. 

Brothers - David Talbot. Helps explain why the Kennedy's, but Bobby in particular, remained mostly silent re the assassination of JFK. Never wait for tomorrow!

Robert, RFK's silence certainly complicated POVs of researchers after his death. My time as a volunteer at JFKfacts opened my eyes to differences of opinion I had been unaware existed. This author, for example, an individual who, despite our many differences of opinion, I was able to develop a cordial, private dialogue with, supports an opinion that RFK was fond of Allen Dulles.:
https://jfkfacts.org/comment-of-the-week-2/#comment-826066

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[Pat Speer]

Lane was a wild conspiracy theorist. Dangerous. Blood on his hands in Jonestown and then had the temerity to write a book saying the shooters were US forces. Absolutely disgraceful.

The most in depth piece we have about the assassination. Incredible book. Think it took me about 3 years to read it on and off.

I asked Lane about Jim Jones and he said something akin to "It's just crazy that people think I could have stopped what happened. I mean, if I had any idea what he was gonna do, would I have gone down there and almost got killed--to the point where I was literally running through the jungle in fear for my life?"

Everything he said indicated he thought Jones was responsible for what happened. I think I read somewhere that he once supported the theory Jones had been experimented upon by the army with mind-altering chemicals, but I wouldn't swear to it. In any event, he said nothing to me about US forces chasing him through the jungle, and suggested instead that it was Jones' followers doing the chasing. (If you have an exact quote as to his trying to blame the shootings on the US military, I would appreciate it.)

As for Bugliosi, I suspect he is a bit of a fake. Sections of his book regarding the timing of the shots stand in direct contradiction with one another. It seems clear, then, that he either changed his mind but forgot to change his book or that he allowed Dale Myers to write the first part of his book. (This charge was made by David Lifton after having a talk with a number of insiders at Bugliosi's publisher.) In any event, I studied Bugliosi's (and Myer's?) use of footnotes in his manifesto, and found he was incredibly deceptive if not blatantly dishonest. Here's a link
 http://www.patspeer.com/chapter9b%3Areclaiminghistoryfromreclaimin2

[Robert Reeves]

Robert, RFK's silence certainly complicated POVs of researchers after his death. My time as a volunteer at JFKfacts opened my eyes to differences of opinion I had been unaware existed. This author, for example, an individual who, despite our many differences of opinion, I was able to develop a cordial, private dialogue with, supports an opinion that RFK was fond of Allen Dulles.:
https://jfkfacts.org/comment-of-the-week-2/#comment-826066

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Tom ... this convo between Johnson, Dulles, and RFK, seems to back up opinion RFK liked Alan Dulles, even trusted the guy. lol

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/conversation-allen-dulles-and-robert-kennedy-june-23-1964

Interesting? I've decided to listen again to 'Brothers' ... (from memory) David Talbot stated, with added disbelief, LBJ quoting RFK's demand for Dulles to be actively involved in the Warren Commission.

Dulles laughs hard when RFK says he trusts Dulles ... and then Dulles says ''I've been a little mad at you, over this bay of pigs book''. Any clue which book he means?