Book Reviews (217)
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 17:55
Dick Russell, On the Trail of the JFK Assassins – Richard Case Nagell: The Most Important Witness, Part 2
Written by James DiEugenio Russell, with the help of Hulme, did a much better job of telling the story of Nagell in 2003 than he did in 1992, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 17:51
Dick Russell, On the Trail of the JFK Assassins – Richard Case Nagell: The Most Important Witness
Written by James DiEugenio An anthology of over forty chapters which spans many years of contributions, but the number of essays that are really important, insightful, and worth preserving is small, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 16:37
Robert Joling, J.D. & Philip Van Praag, An Open and Shut Case
Written by Lisa Pease The book is certainly easy to read, and clearly presented. So long as you understand that some of the material is incorrect ... and outdated ..., there is still much to recommend here, writes Lisa Pease.
Published in Robert Francis Kennedy
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:43
Lamar Waldron, with Thom Hartmann, Legacy of Secrecy - Update
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio discusses reactions to his review of Lamar Waldron's Legacy of Secrecy.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jim DiEugenio reviews the RFK assassination book by Shane O'Sullivan, arguing it is better than the documentary by the same title.
Published in Robert Francis Kennedy
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One of the most puzzling things about Ultimate Sacrifice is that some have actually taken it seriously. Peter Scott has said it is well documented. My question to Peter: Well-documented with what? Frank Ragano and Ed Partin? If you don't analyze the footnotes you might be impressed, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Friday, 24 April 2009 20:19
Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: A Crime Scene Between Two Hard Covers
Written by Milicent Cranor One thing is clear, if nothing else: there are people who will say anything to promote the lone assassin theory, writes Milicent Cranor.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jim DiEugenio discusses Dale Myers's reaction to his review of Reclaiming History.
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Saturday, 28 March 2009 12:31
Lamar Waldron, with Thom Hartmann, Legacy of Secrecy
Written by James DiEugenio With what the authors have now done to Williams' credibility, plus the near universality of agreement on the true nature of the C -Day plans, the end should be spelled out for this entire "second invasion" thesis, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Saturday, 29 November 2008 10:57
Larry Hancock, Someone Would Have Talked – Update
Written by James DiEugenio Author James DiEugenio updates his review of Larry Hancock's Someone Would Have Talked with further observations about the problem of its questionable source material.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Jim DiEugenio replies to yet more criticisms of his review of Bugliosi's Reclaiming History.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Monday, 01 September 2008 18:59
John Larry Ray & Lyndon Barsten, Truth at Last
Written by James DiEugenio In a book like this, a lot of the credibility must come from the reader's trust in the author(s). Unfortunately, that is not forthcoming here, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Monday, 01 September 2008 17:25
John Newman, Oswald and the CIA (re-issue)
Written by James DiEugenio This remarkable book could never have been composed or even contemplated without the existence of the Assassination Records Review Board. No book takes us more into Oswald's workings with the intelligence community than this one. And his section on Mexico City is clearly one of the 5 or 6 greatest discoveries made in the wake of the ARRB, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The best part of the book deals with Oswald's alleged visits to the Cuban consulate and Russian Embassy in Mexico City in the fall of 1963. This section of the work owes itself to the disclosures of the ARRB. More specifically to the Lopez Report and to John Newman's important book Oswald and the CIA, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Road to Dallas is a methodically bad book. And as you read it you pick up on the method in its badness. And then at the end you comprehend the reason for it all, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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It is not just well-written. In some places it rises to the level of extraordinarily well-written. Almost every chapter is well-planned and organized. And the book as a whole contains a completed aesthetic arc to it, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Monday, 01 September 2008 15:21
George Michael Evica, A Certain Arrogance
Written by James DiEugenio Much of [his] material [on the Paines] is taken from the extraordinary work done on the couple by Carol Hewett, Barbara La Monica, and Steve Jones. As the author notes, this work is so potent that it was attacked by a big gun of the GOP, Thomas Mallon in his pathetic whitewash of a book, Mrs. Paine's Garage, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Monday, 01 September 2008 13:12
Robert Blair Kaiser, RFK Must Die (reissue)
Written by James DiEugenio For anyone interested in the RFK case, try and get the original version of this book. That version is still a valuable work, one worth having and reading, concludes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in Robert Francis Kennedy
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Although there are some interesting and worthwhile aspects to this book, overall I found it really disappointing. It is ... unconvincing in its overall thesis, and uses questionable sources and witnesses to advance parts of its presentation, while leaving out more credible evidence that works against that particular presentation. It pains me to write like this, since I like Mr. Hancock and think he and his organization have done some good work, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Tuesday, 27 November 2007 15:43
Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Written by Gary Aguilar The book's use also lies in demonstrating that it may not be possible for one person to fully master, or give a fair accounting of, this impossibly tangled mess of a case, writes Gary Aguilar.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Friday, 23 November 2007 10:53
William Turner & Jonn Christian, The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (reissue)
Written by James DiEugenio On the occasion of the reissue of a book which "completely changed my thinking on both the RFK case, and the relationships between the assassinations of the sixties", writes Jim DiEugenio.
Published in Robert Francis Kennedy
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Wednesday, 15 August 2007 19:00
Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Written by William Davy With statements like Mr. Goetzman's, one doubts if Goetzman, Hanks and Paxton really read Bugliosi's 2,740 pages or any of the critical literature released prior, or subsequent, to Reclaimimg History - especially within a month's time.
Published in John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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