An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6)

December 07, 2023

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“We can’t accept very comfortably that two nobodies, two nothings - Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby - were able to change the course of world history.” The murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s...
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Books Referenced

Reclaiming History

Author: Vincent Bugliosi

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Referenced multiple times as a comprehensive book surveying JFK assassination conspiracy theories, listing 44 different organizations and 214 individuals accused of involvement

Rush to Judgment

Author: Mark Lane

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Described as 'the key book in really igniting the conspiracy theory stuff' about the JFK assassination, written by Mark Lane who was a communist and advocate for left-wing causes

Who Killed Kennedy

Author: Thomas Buchanan

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Mentioned as a book published in London in May 1964 by a communist author living in Paris, which argued there were two gunmen

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Author: Richard Hofstadter

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Published in 1964 by historian Richard Hofstadter, described as perfectly timed given the JFK assassination, dealing with populism, anti-intellectualism, and status anxieties in American politics

Libra

Author: Don DeLillo

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Mentioned as DeLillo's novel about Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination, with a famous comment comparing the Warren Commission report to something James Joyce might have written

American Tabloid

Author: James Ellroy

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Referenced as a novel that explores JFK conspiracy theories, particularly those involving the mafia and J. Edgar Hoover

Ulysses

Author: James Joyce

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Referenced as a comparison point when discussing the Warren Commission's comprehensive documentation, likening it to Joyce's detailed portrait of Dublin