On the Trail of the JFK Assassins: A Groundbreaking Look at America's Most Infamous Conspiracy [Hardcover]

Dick Russell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2008

“No praise can be too high for Russell’s mastery.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review).

Using newly declassified information, Dick Russell builds on three decades of painstaking research in On the Trail of the JFK Assassins, offering one of the most comprehensive and authoritative examinations of the assassination of our thirty-fifth president. Included are new revelations, such as the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald was subjected to “mind control,” Russell’s personal encounters inside the KGB headquarters, and new information gleaned from an interview with Oswald’s widow. Russell here comes closer than ever to answering the ultimate question: Who killed JFK? 24 black-and-white photographs

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About the Author

Dick Russell is a nationally respected activist, environmentalist, and author of critically acclaimed books, including, with Jesse Ventura, The New York Times bestsellers Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! and American Conspiracies. He is also the author of On the Trail of the JFK Assassins and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Russell is a prolific publisher in many of the nation's top magazines and has been a guest on many national TV and radio programs, including the Joan Rivers Show and NBC Nightly News. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (November 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602393222
• ISBN-13: 978-1602393226
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY IT -- READ IT -- KEEP IT!, November 15, 2008

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David R. Wayne "Author/Researcher/Historian" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail of the JFK Assassins: A Groundbreaking Look at America's Most Infamous Conspiracy (Hardcover)

From a leading expert on the JFK assassination, we actually have new and important information that is highly relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This book is a collection of crucial material covering many aspects of the murder of JFK. It will make tired old researchers perk up and become alert and interested again; and newcomers to this issue enthralled by its fascinating historical implications.

In addition (as if the assassination of our 35th President were insufficient ground to cover), Dick Russell also unearths remarkable new Intel on the mind-control programs of U.S. Intelligence (it's not just the CIA). That sheds new light on the "Manchurian Candidate" aspects of Intelligence-sanctioned assassinations, which also splashes new light on the issues surrounding Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and Lee Harvey Oswald. Russell tackles a very thorny issue and uncovers what become revelations spoken by those who were there and who know of what they speak, in much the same process as the riveting accounts of professional assassin Colonel Bill Bishop in "The Man Who Knew Too Much." If you don't know who Colonel Bishop was, you will also love reading that book. But get this one first. So if you think Sirhan was probably yet another "lone nut" and Oswald may actually have been able to do what they said he did and "mind-control" is only a theory -- well -- do us all a favor: please read this book!!

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional writers engage the reader and Mr. Russell is a pro, December 22, 2008

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This review is from: On the Trail of the JFK Assassins: A Groundbreaking Look at America's Most Infamous Conspiracy (Hardcover)

This book is a collection of essays written by Russell concerning the JFK assassination. Just as there has been an evolution of facts concerning the event, the reader also realizes an evolution in the maturity of Russell's writing abilities and probably the intensity of his interest in the assassination. Russell's writing changes quickly and soon the reader cannot quit at the end of two, three or six chapters. I was reading more and sleeping less. There are five or six "must read" Kennedy assassination books (Russell has written one of them). This is a book which follows closely behind them and may well affect the reader more than the "required reading."

41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Walk on the Dark Side, November 7, 2008

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Patrick Speer "researcher" (LA CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail of the JFK Assassins: A Groundbreaking Look at America's Most Infamous Conspiracy (Hardcover)

This book is both much better written than most assassination books, and more credible. Russell writes almost exclusively about what he knows or has been told by primary sources. He reports much more than he speculates.

As a consequence, I'm not sure if people looking for a smoking gun or proof-positive there was a conspiracy will be satisfied by Russell's reporting. Still, anyone reading the book should come out amazed at the number of strange characters and weird leads. The book would make a great mini-series, IMO.

Although I've never subscribed to the "single-assassin theorists are all cognitively-challenged" argument, I will venture that anyone reading this book and still feeling absolutely sure Oswald acted alone is lacking curiosity, and lacking understanding of their own lack of understanding.

As per the bard, speaking through Hamlet

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Dick Russell has showed us some of those things.