Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination - Hardcover

Waldron, Lamar; Hartmann, Thom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582434220 ISBN 13: 9781582434223

Publisher: Counterpoint, 2008

Synopsis

HardCover Pub Date: December 2008 Pages: 848 in Publisher: Counterpoint.US This work reveals the attempts by Robert Kennedy. to expose John F. Kennedy's killers - attempts that led to the murder of RFK's own. Interviews and newly declassified files document how three mob bosses and a few CIA operatives were able to prevent the truth from coming to light - until now.

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Review:

"Explosive new material, based mainly on government documents from the National Archives." --"Vanity Fair"
"Waldron and Hartmann offer convincing evidence . . . A riveting take on the assassination itself and the devastating results of government secrets, this account proves the continuing relevancy and importance of seeking the truth behind one of the US's most personal tragedies." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"I believe Waldron's heavy-to-lift book is actually all but the last word on these troubling assassinations which have been so wildly speculated about since 1963 . . . Lamar Waldron, indefatigable public servant and author deserves his own Pulitzer Prize for his great work." --Liz Smith, "New York Post"
"They've done a service by digging up the deepest, darkest, most disturbing archival evidence to support their Mob hit theory." --Ron Rosenbaum
"Staggering!" --Mark Crispin Miller
"Exhaustively researched" --"New York Observer"
"["Legacy of Secrecy" contains] over 800 pages of intricately documented data. Their findings add pieces to one of our most perplexing puzzles, and suggest where the key missing pieces may be found." --Ronald Goldfarb, "Daily Beast"
"Explosive new material, based mainly on government documents from the National Archives." --Vanity Fair

"Waldron and Hartmann offer convincing evidence . . . A riveting take on the assassination itself and the devastating results of government secrets, this account proves the continuing relevancy and importance of seeking the truth behind one of the US's most personal tragedies." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"I believe Waldron's heavy-to-lift book is actually all but the last word on these troubling assassinations which have been so wildly speculated about since 1963 . . . Lamar Waldron, indefatigable public servant and author deserves his own Pulitzer Prize for his great work." --Liz Smith, New York Post

"They've done a service by digging up the deepest, darkest, most disturbing archival evidence to support their Mob hit theory." --Ron Rosenbaum

"Staggering!" --Mark Crispin Miller

"Exhaustively researched" --New York Observer

"[Legacy of Secrecy contains] over 800 pages of intricately documented data. Their findings add pieces to one of our most perplexing puzzles, and suggest where the key missing pieces may be found." --Ronald Goldfarb, Daily Beast

About the Author:

Lamar Waldron’s historical research and nonfiction boos have won praise from Publishers Weekly, Vanity Fair, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and major publications in Europe. Called the ultimate JFK historian” by Variety, his groundbreaking research has been the subject of two primetime specials on the Discovery Channel, produced by NBC News. He has been featured on CNN, the History Channel, Geraldo Rivera, Fox News, and television specials in England, Germany, Japan, and Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1582434220
• ISBN 13: 9781582434223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864