Cruel and Shocking Act : The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination

from 5hrdrive

A Cruel and Shocking Act by Philip Shenon review date 11-17-2013 "What is clear to me is that over the last fifty years - actually more than fifty years, since parts of this narrative are set well before November 22, 1963 - senior officials of the United States government, most especially the CIA...

from qstewart

A Cruel and Shocking Act is a history of the Warren Commission's investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy. I was fourteen at the time of the assassination and in my lifetime very few people have accepted the findings of the Commission. Since that time there of have been books, movi...

from Schmerguls

5719. A Cruel and Shocking Act The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination, by Philip Shenon (read 20 Nov 2020) This book, published in 2013, has 556 pages of text, 35 pages of notes, and a 6 page bibliography as well as an index. My view of the event has long been that the Warren Commission ...

from sherman1951

Yes, another book about the Kennedy assassination. But what sets this one apart from others is its focus on the Warren Commission Report itself. Philip Shenon has interviewed many of the staff attorneys who supported the Commission and wrote the Commission's report - including the development of ...

from LivelyLady

The author certainly did his homework on this, but it was more than I needed or wanted to know about the investigation into Kennedy's assassination. He thoroughly explains the different conspiracy theories including that LBJ, the Russians and the Cubans were all thought to be responsible at one t...