Act of Treason: The Role of J. Edgar Hoover in the Assassination of President Kennedy (Unabridged)
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this meticulously researched classic of the JFK conspiracy genre that Library Journal calls "sensational", Mark North argues convincingly that President John F. Kennedy died as the result of a plot masterminded by Louisiana Mafia chieftain Carlos Marcello - and, more importantly, that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover learned early on about the plan but did nothing to stop it. Hoover warned no one - not the Dallas police, not the Secret Service. His motives, North suggests, stemmed from a fervent hatred of Kennedy and fear that the President would eventually fire him. He is documented as longing to succeed Vice President Lyndon Johnson - a man Hoover "controlled" due to blackmail and scandals. Hoover’s day-to-day running of the FBI, his strange personality, and his backroom dealings are brought to life using an extensive collection of press clippings, government documents, and other original sources.
Act of Treason is a must-listen for any citizen who believes the Warren Commission failed miserably in its attempt to solve one of modern America’s most pressing mysteries: Who killed JFK?
Customer Reviews
The answer to it all
I’ve read hundreds of JFK books. I’ve listened to thousands of hours of Dave Emory shows. I’ve attended events with authors. I’ve gone to the Grassy Knoll. But I’ve never thought the crime was solved.
Now I do.
This books chronicles the motives, plotters, and events leading to the assassination on a day-to-day and, sometimes, hour-to-hour retelling of the steps to Dallas. It’s all here. Who did it. Why. How it was covered up. Why. And–almost–the thoughts and motivations of every key player.
I didn’t think this level of understanding was even possible. It’s incredible.
The only possible criticism is: the author fills in the blanks between known events with conjecture. But even there, the conjecture is compared with speeches, memos, wiretaps, and news stories from the same series of days, supporting the conjecture and proving its validity.
In fairness to me, I had come to the same conclusion based on the hundreds of books I’ve read. But I didn’t have the motives or the day-to-day thoughts to back it up like this. I may still differ with the author in a few places, but only places the author didn’t explore in great depth. For example, how did the mob control the outcome of the autopsy? I think Edgar may have been more involved or more coerced than the author reveals, but this is a quibble. To fill in what the author has left out, read: Best Evidence by David Lifton and Not in Your Lifetime by Anthony Summers.
That’s it. Case closed. LBJ was a piece of poo and nothing more.
Fabulous effort. I wish I had read this 20 years ago, I could have focused on a lot of other things.