If you have ever been tempted to believe that President Kennedy was killed by a lone,demented gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald, then Assassination Science is the one book which will convince you, beyond any reasonable doubt, that there was indeed a conspiracy and a cover-up. Completely lacking the wild speculation that have marred some books on the shooting of JFK, Assassination Science sticks to the hard facts, interpreted by medical and scientific expertise.
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". . . the accumulation of carefully researched detail will impress those with an open mind." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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James H. Fetzer is Disintinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has published over 100 articles and 20 books on philosophy of science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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48 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Since before I was born, many Americans have believed that there was a cover-up in relation to the assassination of John F Kennedy. Many believed that the Warren Commission was a white-wash that refused to investigate any possibility other than the possibility that Lee H. Oswald was a lone assassin who acted on his own in killing former President Kennedy. This book proves beyond a shadow of doubt that Oswald could NOT have killed Kennedy.
It also shows that those in the federal government tampered with evidence and even manufactured evidence to implicate Oswald. It proves that the fatal shot that killed the President came from IN FRONT of the limousine the President was riding in. It also sites 15 instances of complicity by the Secret Service in JFK's murder. It also proves that there were a MINIMUM of 6 shots fired at JFK and the limousine that he was riding in. It shows how Arlen Specter and other members of the Warren Commission bent over backwards to not arrive at the truth in their investigation. It shows how Doctors who were in the trauma room and worked on President Kennedy's gunshot wounds have been hounded and persecuted for telling what they know and not agreeing with the official line on Kennedy's assassination. Medical experts (including those who saw Kennedy's gunshot wounds) explain exactly what happened to the President. Experts on Photography and Cinematography explain who the Zapruder film was edited; experts on radiology explain how x-rays were altered. Witnesses who actually witnessed the shooting were interviewed. The whole thing is very professional and exhaustively researched.
The only complaint I have about the book is that it reads like a series of investigative reports published by experts for experts. I'm just a common layman. I don't need to hear the same piece of evidence proven again and again and again to be correct. I don't need to hear every single argument the opposition has ever made to be disproven. In many ways the book is as dry and uninteresting as a courtroom trial. However if you can get past the stiff, dry, scholarly approach these experts have taken in their writings you will find some very fascinating and revealing information that the government doesn't want you to have.
It also shows that those in the federal government tampered with evidence and even manufactured evidence to implicate Oswald. It proves that the fatal shot that killed the President came from IN FRONT of the limousine the President was riding in. It also sites 15 instances of complicity by the Secret Service in JFK's murder. It also proves that there were a MINIMUM of 6 shots fired at JFK and the limousine that he was riding in. It shows how Arlen Specter and other members of the Warren Commission bent over backwards to not arrive at the truth in their investigation. It shows how Doctors who were in the trauma room and worked on President Kennedy's gunshot wounds have been hounded and persecuted for telling what they know and not agreeing with the official line on Kennedy's assassination. Medical experts (including those who saw Kennedy's gunshot wounds) explain exactly what happened to the President. Experts on Photography and Cinematography explain who the Zapruder film was edited; experts on radiology explain how x-rays were altered. Witnesses who actually witnessed the shooting were interviewed. The whole thing is very professional and exhaustively researched.
The only complaint I have about the book is that it reads like a series of investigative reports published by experts for experts. I'm just a common layman. I don't need to hear the same piece of evidence proven again and again and again to be correct. I don't need to hear every single argument the opposition has ever made to be disproven. In many ways the book is as dry and uninteresting as a courtroom trial. However if you can get past the stiff, dry, scholarly approach these experts have taken in their writings you will find some very fascinating and revealing information that the government doesn't want you to have.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah Asher
Format:Paperback
The Thinking Man's Warren Report...
Fetzer's collation of articles by meticulous JFK assassination researchers is fascinating, technical, rigorous and compelling. If you want someone to make it simple for you, go elsewhere. On the other hand, if you are a serious, data-driven JFK buff, this book is a gold mine. The evidence presented was authoritative and convincing - especially the discussion of the optical density data on the autopsy X-rays and the minute analysis of the Zabruder film. (I dug out my Life photos of the Zabruder film, for instance, and was floored to realize that several glaring inconsistancies were right in front of me, all along...)
There is no particular effort to answer the 'Who Dunnit?' - except to add enormous credence to the premise that the American government agencies, FBI SS, CIA, military,etc., must have participated, at least on some level.
As one with a long-standing fascination on the role of scientists in the philosophical quest for knowledge,(while at the same time being a shameless physics junkie), I especially appreciated Fetzer's contributions(and other's), on logical fallacy, the nature of proof, and the pitfalls of researching outside a cohesive scientific community.
I realize that Fetzer has an axe to grind with JAMA, but having cut my conspiracy teeth on Crenshaw's JFK, Conspiracy of Silence, I felt that axe needed the work. Were I a physician, I'd quit the AMA over their treatment of Crenshaw.
The book contains invaluable references to other responsible works on the assassination, providing if not a roadmap, at least a starting point in the wilderness; there are thousands of volumes on this highly popular subject, so this is no small favor.
All in all, the book lives up to its title. I am still reeling from the final chapters!
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
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The most important aspect of this work is the background of its author. Professor Fetzer's credentials are extraordinary. He is a recognized expert in the philosophy of science field. His scholarly work on "critical thinking" is widely acknowledged as brilliant. His application of those skills to the JFK assassination is the first of its kind. His conclusions are only far-fetched and bizarre if you believe that the rigorous application of scientific principles is useless. Buy the book and read it carefully. It is shocking.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Seeing Is Not Believing, The Zapruder Film, That Is.
James Fetzer is a spearhead to a network with a mission that I hope succeeds in bringing about a new and real investigation into JFK's assassination. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Twinkie
1.0 out of 5 stars
Assassination Science? Are You Kidding Me?
Are there ANY respected scholars or literate that take Jimmy Fetzer seriously any more? To read some of the reviews of this hilarious work and I fear the future of critical... Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. V. Anderson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Steaming Pile of Cr*p
It is hard to see how this lame piece of non-science will ever appeal to anyone other than the drooling conspiracy freaks and perhaps some rather naive -- and not very educated --... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Evelyn White
3.0 out of 5 stars
learned some things.
some chapters were dry. learned some things about Zapruder tape I didnt know. or will check them out. Also things about autopsy. occasionally read about this subject. Read more
Published on December 11, 2010 by P. Strand
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kennedy Assassination
This is a worthwhile book. It tends to be dry and scientific, but there is no harm in that. If you are just getting into this field of interest, buy Crossfire first, to get some... Read more
Published on October 30, 2008 by Robert Pert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning meticulous well researched Book!!!
This is one of the best books on the JFK Assassination.it is very detailed and meticulous in evidence and research. Read more
Published on August 17, 2007 by Armand Herpe
4.0 out of 5 stars
Whatever it takes ...
Though the non-existence of the Magic Bullet is as every bit certain as the Sun Rising in the East; the MB theory having been concocted by lawyers, not doctors & then mysteriously... Read more
Published on September 28, 2006 by G. E. Mantel
1.0 out of 5 stars
Why Do So Many Conspiracy Theorists Believe In A JFK Assassination...
Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963? .... Was he killed as the result of a large-scale conspiracy, as depicted in Oliver Stone's 1991 motion picture? .... Read more
Published on February 6, 2006 by David Von Pein
2.0 out of 5 stars
This book asks some interesting questions.
Unfortunately, the answers it posits to those questions fail the test of logic, for the most part.
(Okay, here I go again, sabotaging my reviewer rating by stating an... Read more
(Okay, here I go again, sabotaging my reviewer rating by stating an... Read more
Published on March 30, 2005 by James Yanni
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best Books on the JFK Assassination
Simply put, this book presents solid SCIENTIFIC evidence that was at least two or more shooters. The book itself reads like a magazine and compiles the top articles pertaining to... Read more
Published on January 25, 2005 by Tom Cody
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- The Killing of a President: The Complete Photographic Record of the Assassination, the Conspiracy, and by Robert J. Groden on 7 pages
- Killing the Truth: Deceit and Deception in the JFK Case by Harrison Edward Livingstone on page 147, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Warren Commission Report by Warren Commission on page 68, page 247, and Back Cover
- Techniques of Special Effects of Cinematography (Library of Communication Techniques, Film) by Raymond Fielding on page 130, and page 321
- High Treason 2 (No. 2) by Harrison Edward Livingstone on page 168, and Back Matter
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