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.
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