E-grāmata: JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth

Burt Griffin writes with the authority and confidence of someone in complete control of the tumultuous history of the JFK assassination. Benefiting from his service as the Warren Commissions assistant counsel, Griffin provides a fresh and page-turning account of Americas most infamous political murder. JFK, Oswald and Ruby is accessible both for those who have never read about the case as well as for veteran assassination researchers. Griffins most important contribution is presenting a credible explanation of how the turbulent politics and social divisions of the early 1960s fueled the lethal motives for two powerless but ambitious people, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. Burt Griffin has performed a public service in JFK, Oswald and Ruby.Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed One of Burt Griffin's law school classmates once told me the primary reason he believed the Warren Report was because Griffin had been a member of the commission's staff, and that he would not have been party to an inadequate, corrupt, or incompetent investigation. True to form, in JFK, Oswald and Ruby, Griffin delivers a reality check to those who distort the truth for profit, out of bias or ideology, or through sheer ignorance. The Ruby dimension gets short-changed in many books about the assassination of President Kennedy. Not here.Max Holland, author of The Kennedy Assassination Tapes The Warren Commission was a search for truth complicated by politics. For Burt Griffin and his fellow fifteen staff members who did most of the investigative work of the Commission, truth alone was important. Meanwhile, the public, after Oswalds murder at the hands of Jack Ruby, lost sight of the importance of the Cold War and civil rights to all parties interested in the assassinationincluding themselves. By highlighting JFKs murder as collateral damage from the passions of anticommunism and civil rights of the media, two assassins, JFK himself, and Americans generally, Burt Griffin could not have written a timelier book. He penetrates the fog of conspiracy that has obscured the true triggers behind the two assassins of 1963: the context of uncivil and unhinged passion, no less murderous today, as Griffin reminds us in this important book.Richard A. Reiman, professor of history, South Georgia State College, and historian of the JFK assassination in American memory [ A] clear and concise analysis of a complicated topicprovides an insightful view that is easily understood by the novice student of the assassination as well the seasoned JFK researcher [ and] brings a new and well-documented perspective to a subject that is quickly fading in the minds of millions of Americans.Cool Cleveland A humdingerGriffin does a superb job in presenting the factsa must-readhighly recommended[ Griffin] has done the world a great service with his book. Few people are alive today who could provide the unique perspective and intuitive insight that he brings to the subject.JFK Files Comprehensivereaders of Griffins book may discover much they didnt knowrich and interestingany history buff will love this book, particularly if Cold War history is your thing.Currents