Philip shenon s book a cruel and shocking act begins with a deception. From the commissions inception, shenon covered its workings on a daily basis, developing sources at all levels of the investigation. An investigative journalist for the new york times for more than twenty years, shenon is a frequent contributor to the washington post, newsweek, and other publications. The secret history of the kennedy assassination by philip shenon 2015, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Edgar hoover, chief justice warren, cia spymasters allen dulles. The secret history of the kennedy assassination ebook written by philip shenon.
The commission, by philip shenon, helps to show why this is the case. Part of the reason is that im not convinced he was a particularly good president. Philip shenons 20 book, a cruel and shocking act, reconstructed the story of the assassination of president kennedy with an unusual focus. Though an official investigation concluded that kennedy was killed by lee harvey oswald acting alone, conspiracy theories about the. Education bachelor in english literature, brown university, 1981.
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The secret history of the kennedy assassination, will address those questions and more at the national constitution center on monday, november 18, 20 at 12 p. In both cases shenon looks methodically in the creation of the commission, the choices and compromises made to set up and the choice of personnel at all levels. Though a cruel and shocking act began as shenons attempt to write the first insiders history of the warren commission, it quickly became something much larger and more important when he discovered startling information that was withheld from the warren commission by the cia, fbi, and others in power in washington. This important book depicts the trail of wreckage left behind by angleton in a cia career that involved him in virtually every major spyversusspy drama of the cold war and drew him deeply into the mysteries of the kennedy assassination and the murder of one of jfks mistresses. Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to the surviving commission staffers and many other key players, philip shenons authoritative, scrupulously researched book will forever change the way we think about the kennedy assassination and. Fifty years on, philip shenon s 600 page history book lays it out for us. In the acknowledgements to this masterful piece of modern history a name stands out. Jfk facts phil shenons cruel and shocking misinterpretation.
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