The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK Richard Case Nagell Is [Paperback]

Dick Russell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1993

Richard Nagell, a former CIA agent, KGB operative, and a comrade-in-arms of Oswald, is the only man to admit knowledge of a conspiracy to kill Kennedy prior to the actual assassination, and, asonishingly, the KGB ordered him to kill Oswald in order to prevent Kennedy's assassination. Photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Russell's masterful study of the highly mysterious Nagell, a former CIA agent and KGB operative who was allegedly hired to kill Oswald in order to prevent the assassination of JFK, should open up many hitherto unperceived leads in the case.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 824 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786700297
• ISBN-13: 978-0786700295
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,053,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book-The Best JFK Assassination Compilation, November 6, 1998

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This review is from: The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK Richard Case Nagell Is (Paperback)

This book is a true masterpiece! Even if you only have a fleeting interest in JFK conspiracy theories you will enjoy this read. If you like a great mystery novel or chilling spy drama 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'will have you under its spell the way few non-fiction books will. Dick Rusell seems to understand what few JFK assassination book writers do: theories need to be backed up by facts!....I'm sure the true elements of the plot to kill JFK are in this book...everyone gets a name check; from Hoover to Oswald, from the Mafia to secret far-right groups Russell illuminates the dark world of espionage and counter-espionage and centers on the tale of one-time double agent Richard C. Nagell. Nagell it seems sent word of the assassination plot two months BEFORE Nov. 22 to the FBI, who did nothing. In a moment of desperation he fired off a gun in an El Paso bank and got himself arrested......but Nagell is but one figure in the macabre house of cards that led to the death of perhaps our most popular President. Russell has not just written the most coherent analysis on the JFK conspiracy he's written a great book. Period.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on the JFK assassination., June 22, 1998

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This review is from: The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK Richard Case Nagell Is (Paperback)

Richard Case Nagell was involved in the world of intelligence, sometimes working for the US, sometimes apparently, or possibly, working for the Soviets. His history parallels that of Lee Harvey Oswald and the many federal agencies and right-wing groups that haunt the edges of the assassination of President Kennedy. While never definitive as a whodunit, it is extraordinary in showing the vast covert world of which most Americans are totally unaware. This is clearly the best-researched book on this subject, and necessary if anyone hopes to begin to understand the killing of President Kennedy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "A" for Effort, But....., October 5, 2006

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Mcgivern Owen L (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK Richard Case Nagell Is (Paperback)

This version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" has nothing to do with the classic Hitchcock movie(s). Rather it is the story of Richard Case Nagel, an obscure and very shadowy former C.I.A. agent, who may have worked for other spook agencies as well. MWKTM tries to make the case that Nagel was hired by the KGB to kill Lee Harvey Oswald before LHO could assassinate President Kennedy. If such a scenario appears implausible, it is fully in keeping with the tangled web of machinations and wire-pulling painted by author Russell. MKTM is prodigiously researched and documented, nearly 600 pages of information including 105 pages of appendices and notes. However, MWKTM contains far too much information, too many names, too copious acronyms and too numerous possibilities concerning who did-or did not- plan the Kennedy assassination. This reviewer is decently well read on the subject, but was left more confused at the end than at the start. The view from this source is that author Russell's painstaking research and detective work is mostly for naught. Previous reviewers are in disagreement! The bottom line here is that those interested in assassination should NOT start their research with MWKTM, but should turn to reliable standards like Jim Garrison's "On the Trail of the Assassins", Jim Marrs' "Crossfire" or even Matthew Smith's more challenging "The Second Plot". Once grounded, they could proceed to Mr. Russll's tome. MWKTM certainly warrants a 5 star rating for effort, but points must be reluctantly deducted for an uneven and highly verbose performance.