J F K: A Conspiracy of Silence (Signet) [Paperback]

Charles A. Crenshaw (Author), Jens Hansen (Author), J. Gary Shaw (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 1St Edition edition (April 7, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451403460
• ISBN-13: 978-0451403469
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Physician and Eyewitness, November 8, 2001

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This review is from: J F K: A Conspiracy of Silence (Signet) (Paperback)

Dr. Charles A. Crenshaw worked to save President JFK, and later Lee H. Oswald, at Parkland Hospital. He
had firsthand personal experience with the crime; he saw that JFK was struck twice from the front: once in the neck, and once in the right side of the head. President LBJ called him to ask for a "deathbed confession" from Oswald. Dr. Crenshaw and the other personnel in the emergency room were ordered not to speak about the events, citing the standard medical confidentiality.

Charles A. Crenshaw was a surgeon for over thirty years. He watched thousands of trauma victims enter the emergency room. Trauma is the greatest killer of America's youth, and can affect anyone regardless of age, race, sex, occupation, or status. It also has psychological after effects on survivors.

When Oliver Stone's "JFK" was filmed in Dallas the doctors were again warned to keep quiet. The hundreds of similar gunshot cases seen by Dr. Crenshaw since 1963 have confirmed his conclusions on JFK's wounds. He finally decided to write his story in November 1990 when his career was over and he no longer feared the "men in suits". Dr. Crenshaw saw photos of JFK's Bethesda autopsy - it showed a different wound to the back of the head, one that would support a theory of a lone gunman firing from the back. The front of JFK's neck showed a larger and jagged opening than was seen in Dallas (p.111). According to reports, JFK's body was wrapped in a white cloth and placed in a bronze casket in Dallas. At Bethesda the body was in a zippered body bag in a gray casket. This book was written to present his witness to the events.

There is one thing that I remember from that time. Right after the assassination the first newspaper reports said JFK was shot from the front. J. Edgar Hoover then said that JFK was shot while the limousine was heading towards the School Book Depository Building. When photos were printed to show that didn't happen, this story was changed. To learn more about this, read "Act of Treason" by Mark North.

Could the "alterations" in the wounds between Dallas and Bethesda be explained by use of a "body double"?

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, absorbing review of events, September 1, 1998

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This review is from: J F K: A Conspiracy of Silence (Signet) (Paperback)

Dr. Crenshaw provides enough detailed information in his book about the JFK assassination to make you feel conspiracy buffs are not "paranoid", but have a strong basis for their allegations. He states that shortly after the assassination, the Dallas Police mobile phones went dead, the electricity and telephones for the book depository went out, and that the phone lines for a large section of Washington, D.C. went out of service. This coincidence - alone - makes you really wonder what the truth is.

He also states that the bullet wound in the neck of the president was an entry wound. If true, that fact alone says Oswald did not do it alone, if at all.

The weapon found at the book depository was a German bolt-action, as initially reported by the Dallas Police. The weapon mail-ordered and owned by Oswald was an Italian carbine.

The presidential limousine had a bullet hole in the front window, as reported by reporter Richard Dudman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and another reporter.

The Warren Commission based their conclusion on an "illustration" of JFK's wounds, not actual autopsy photos. the illustration later turns out to be extremely inaccurate.

Dr. Crenshaw operated on both President Kennedy and on Lee Harvey Oswald. He raises serious questions and points out discrepancy after discrepancy in a very well written book.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a JFK assassination book by someone who knows., August 27, 1998

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This review is from: J F K: A Conspiracy of Silence (Signet) (Paperback)

Dr. Crenshaw was one a several doctors who were the first to examine JFK's wounds, just minutes after the shooting. This fact alone makes him a credible and trust worthy writer. Written by a very educated man who witnessed it first hand, this is a good book that anyone interested in knowing the facts about the JFK assassination should read.