JFK assassination books: which is your favourite?

A tough call. I was going to say "Deep Politics" because, better than any work I know, it sets forth the milieu from which the conspiracy arose: the network of big industry, military/intelligence and organized crime. A network which was already well established, and continues to this day. A blurb from Tikkun puts it well: "Scott does not offer a 'who done it.' Instead, he uses the assassination as a point of entry for an extended tour through little known, long buried, and truly disturbing regions of American politics."

But I think instead I'll go with "The Man Who Knew Too Much." The perspective is not as grand as "Deep Politics," but perhaps more fascinating to be ground level, following a military-intelligence officer as he tracks Oswald. And what a treasure trove of interviews with significant players such as James Angleton, David Atlee Phillips and George de Mohrenschildt.

I didn't list it because its scope is broader than the JFK murder, but the Probe Magazine anthology "The Assassinations" devotes nearly 400 pages to recent, rigorous studies of the case and newly declassified documents, and shouldn't be missed by serious readers.

And honourable mention as well to "History Will Not Absolve Us" and "Trauma Room One."

don't want Posner to win. ;)

Everything in his book is shoddy, paid-for research, and very easily debunked by anybody with access to a library. Posner is a right-wing sympathizer, an apologist for Big Oil, the Military-Industrial complex, and the rogue elements of the Intelligence community, and he's a damned liar to boot. Any liberal should be ashamed for promoting that asshole's book.

Go read "The Last Investigation, " definitely the best book on this subject, by Gaeton Fonzi. Then tell me you believe a fucking word Posner writes.

is as convinced that someone other than Oswald actually killed JFK. Imagine!

There are tons of them and most are well reproduced for the book.

The captions and text on the other hand... (that's another thread)

For subject matter, I enjoy re-reading my first tome on the subject, Robert Sam Anson's "They've Killed the President". Good research with footnotes. That book was the first that I had seen clear color photographs of the Zupruder frames, including the head snap.

Most of the books are lame, though I own quite a few of those listed. I have not read "The Man Who Knew Too Much", but I will now that you have put it at the top of your list.

Posner's book, btw, is valuable whether or not you agree with everything he puts forth, because it is fairly well written, in the style of someone prosecuting Oswald on the "known" evidence.

It also lays to rest some of the "facts" that have been shot around DU the last few weeks, among them the so-called impossibility of the "magic bullet".

Improbable, perhaps. Impossible, absolutely no.

edited to change "him" to "Oswald" re. Posner

(aka "The Kennedy Conspiracy" & renmaed "Not in Your Lifetime" for the late 1990's edition) which is IMHO the best overall book on the case.

That said, I think the book which I most "enjoyed" (because that doesn't really sound like the right word) is Gaeton Fonzi's "The Last Investigation".

I also just read the updated edition of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" & whilst I'm still not convinced about the veracity of Richard Case Nagell, I agree with you about the treasure trove of interviews Russell conducted.

I'm looking forward to getting David Wrone's new book on the history of the Zabruder film.

Plus -- gotta have an honourable mention for Don Delillo's novel "Libra"!!