The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy – An Investigation of Motive, Means, & Opportunity: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity - Softcover

Moldea, Dan E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393315347 ISBN 13: 9780393315349

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Synopsis

On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; his death the following day stunned a nation still recovering from John F. Kennedys assassination five years earlier. Officials insisted, however, that this was not "another Dallas": this was an open-and-shut case--Sirhan Sirhan acted alone. Yet behind the official version of the RFK assassination lies a story of shadows, controversies, conflicting testimony, and missing evidence. Investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea set out to discover the truth; what he found suggested a botched investigation, and perhaps something worse. Was there strong evidence, as certain police officers and the FBI alleged, that too many bullets were fired to have come from Sirhans gun? Could the LAPD have suppressed vital evidence in their rush to judgment? Could Sirhan have had an accomplice? In a fascinating book full of plot twists and intrigue, Moldea turns the case inside out, tracking down witnesses and police officers (many of whom had never before been interviewed), scrutinizing testimony and official files, questioning Sirhan in jail, and polygraphing security guard Thane Eugene Cesar, accused by many of being the real gunman. New evidence mounts and theories fly until Moldea reveals what he believes happened that fateful night. Exhaustively researched, brilliantly analyzed, this book definitively slams the door shut on the mystery of the Robert Kennedy assassination.

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The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy On 5th June, 1968, Robert Kennedy was shot dead, stunning a nation still recovering from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This study shows that behind the official version of Robert Kennedy's killing lies a shadowy story of controversies, conflicting testimony and missing evidence. Full description

Review:

Mr. Moldea's journalistic instincts have never looked sharper. . . . [Presents] what is likely to be the best understanding of what actually happened on June 5, 1968. --Gerald Posner"

[Moldea's] book will serve future historians well. --Bill Wallace"

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393315347
• ISBN 13: 9780393315349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368