Reasonable Doubt: An Investigation Into the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

by Henry Hurt

Book Overview

A thorough, objective, well-documented study of the Kennedy assassination. 48 black-and-white photographs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030040590
• ISBN13: 9780030040597
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 555 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

very good book...up to 1985, that is

Henry Hurt's "Reasonable Doubt" is a very fine book that only suffers from the passage of time. Since the "JFK" movie, the JFK Records Collection Act, and the ARRB, many revelations have come forward that make this book alittle dated and/ or redundant. Also, the Easterling 'confession' is still weak. That said, still recommended, epecially for the novice. Vince Palamara

The book I was looking for

I just returned from a trip to Dallas where I toured the Book Depository, etc., and was eager to find a good book that thoroughly and critically reviewed the evidence. This is the one. I couldn't be more satisfied with the level of detail and careful, skeptical analysis. I'm surprised this book is out of print!

For those who want to know more...

Perhaps your interest in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was piqued by the Oliver Stone Film "JFK." Maybe you are an American History buff who wants to know more about one of the most terrible moments in the 20th century. Maybe you are just tired of listening to so-called "conspiracy theorists" and want to go straight to their sources to find out just how nuts they really are. No matter where you are coming from, you are in for more than you bargained for with this book.In a nutshell, this book sets out to prove that a President of the United States was murdered by a conspiracy that involved the military industrial complex, organized crime and the CIA, along with disgruntled Cuban expatriots who were enraged at JFK for his handling of the Bay of Pigs. It also attempts to prove that this conspiracy was covered up by an amazing level of cooperation between various people and organizations who all had a reason to want President Kennedy dead. It seeks to show that the most powerful of these groups, was the group made up of all those who wanted, indeed needed, a war in Vietnam. It seeks to show that President Kennedy was murdered because he was committed to having all U.S. military forces out of Vietnam by 1965.If, after reading this, you still have the stomach to venture into this nightmarish theory, you will find a well-reasoned, exhaustively researched, meticulously footnoted and beautifully written book of scholarly construction, with copious endnotes, a complete bibliography, and a full index. You will find well-reasoned paragraphs, incisive reasoning and theories that would be impossible to believe, if Henry Hurt did not do such a professional job of both documenting and interpreting his sources.In the end, you may well find yourself feeling dismay and grief, at the realization that this book has shattered your illusions about America and its institutions right down to their foundations. More than any other book in my experience, "Reasonable Doubt" reinforces the timeless truths, that ceaseless vigilence is the price of freedom, and that the responsibility of every citizen in a democracy is to keep his/her eyes, ears and mouth open.

good book that covers all the main topics

discusses the actual events that took place in Dallas and also talks about Oswald's movements and the movements and possible involvment of the Mafia in the death of JFK. good book for anyone interested in the assassination of JFK.