The Assassinations: Probe Magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK, and Malcolm X (Paperback)

~ James DiEugenio (Editor), Lisa Pease (Editor), Judge Joe Brown (Author), Zachary Sklar (Author) "This opening section consists of entirely new looks at the three major investigations of President Kennedy's assassination: the Warren Commission,the Garrison inquiry, and the House..." (more)
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...a revelation to the uninitiated, a necessary witness for the rest of us... -- Oliver Stone, director of JFK

...bends your mind in twelve different directions, swallows you whole, and spits you out into a steaming landscape... -- Jon Rappoport, author, investigative reporter

...consistently informative and provocative... -- Vincent Bugliosi, author, The Betrayal of America, Helter-Skelter

A rich collection of compelling and intriguing revelations...an eye-opening volume...an excellent book for specialists and general readers alike. -- Dr. Michael Parenti, author, Dirty Truths, Democracy for a Few, The Terrorism Trap: September 11th and Beyond

covered the issues and reported...in remarkable depth...A must-read...a unique volume in the literature on the subject. -- William Turner, former FBI agent, co-author of Deadly Secrets

Product Description

Edited by historian James DiEugenio, Probe magazine was the most respected investigative journal on the murders of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. The Assassinations is a collection of Probe articles that present possible answers to the enduring questions surrounding these events. Photographs, illustrations, charts, and tables add to this remarkable probe. "Jim DiEugenio and Lisa Pease are archaeologists of our secret history." — Oliver Stone

Product Details

• Paperback: 677 pages
• Publisher: Feral House (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922915822
• ISBN-13: 978-0922915828
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #593,796 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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96 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For True Patriots, April 16, 2003

By	Steven G. Jones (Landisville, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you want to read the most current knowledge about the truth of the political assassinations of the 1960's this is the book to read. The Assassinations is a collection of the best articles to appear in a little know publication called Probe magazine from 1994 to 2000. These articles were written by serious citizen researchers who invested the time and money doing the work our major news media failed to do--that is to sift through the many new declassified documents about the assassinations that have become available during the past decade. With an introduction by Judge Joe Brown of TV fame the book is filled with in depth articles that you won't read anywhere else.
Examples of offerings include Professor Donald Gibson discussing how de-classified telephone transcripts from the early Johnson Presidency in the days after Nov. 22, 1963 show us how the Warren Commission was created, and for what purpose. John Armstrong has spent years of his life devoted to the study of Lee Harvey Oswald. Here Armstrong shows us that there was much more to the Oswald story than we were ever told.
Radiologist David Mantik has spent many more hours studying the JFK autopsy x-rays than did any offical government investigating body. Mantik has submitted the x-rays to sophisitcated tests unavailable during the 1960's and 70's and has proven that the x-rays now in the National Archives are forgeries.
Lisa Pese fleshes out the details of the RFK murder that have never been published before. James Douglass explains how a 1999 civil trial in Memphis proved beyond any doubt that our very government executed a man whose birthday it honors with a national holiday. And much, much more.
Perhaps the most enlightening and disturbing part of the book is the section titled, "The Failure of the Fourth Estate." Here the reader will learn why the news media never informed you about any of this information. You will learn of the all too cozy relationship that exists between our mainstream news media and the U.S. government intelligence agencies. You will learn specific names of well known journalists who got their stories cleared with intelligence agencies before writing, and who acted as government informants and "propaganda assets."
The book closes with a thoughtful afterword by one of the editors, James DiEugenio, who places the assassinations in their political context and explains how they impacted our lives and changed the course of our collective history.
This book is not for those who practice the superficial, shallow, "my country right or wrong", flag-waving type of patriotism so in vogue these days. This book is for true patriots who care about their country and aren't afraid to look straight into it's ugly, evil side. This book is for those who want to learn from the past and want to understand when and how the United States began to go from being a much loved beacon of democracy to becoming a loathed and feared nation. This book is for patriots who want to help ensure that we once again return to having a government " of the people, by the people and for the people."

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE FATEFUL 4 OF THE 60's, April 6, 2003

By	M. R. ZOGLIO - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

While being alive for all 4 of these tragic events that shaped and defined the 60's, I only vaguely remember the last one (RFK). Sadly, this is the one I know least about. This book is an excellent collect of articles on all 4 of the assassinations (JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, and RFK) taken from the defunct Probe magazine (and it's still active website). Having been curious about this subject for years, I couldn't wait for this book to be published. Once it arrived, I started it immediately. Starting with JFK (which takes up half of the book), I was hooked. I had to pull out my DVD of Oliver Stone's JFK about a 100 pages into it. Then my set of The Men Who Killed Kennedy DVDs showed up in the mail. I was into assassination sensory overload. I was glad that this book was able to fill in the gaps of my knowledge about these events while also answering some nagging questions (as well as raising some others). Definitely for the casual reader and the hardcore conspiracy researcher. Never stop questioning anything.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The People's Report on the Assassinations of the 1960s, March 11, 2003

By	David H. Stern "David H. Stern, M.D." (Torrance, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When a concerned citizen reviews the publications of official government investigations of the major assassinations of the 1960s, they are faced with a maze of truths, half-truths, and conclusions, both reasonable and indefensible. The single consistent theme that emerges is that when Power Lies, it does so with Authority. It also does so with the full cooperation of the Media, whose livelihood depends on ready access to power.

The best we can probably hope for now is the simple release of information without comment, where (most of) the documents are made available to the public, and it is left up to them to make sense out of it. This is a job that will go on for many, many years, but Probe got a running start at it.

Probe Magazine was the publication of CTKA (Citizens for Truth in the Kennedy Assassinations). The group was formed in the wake of the release of Oliver Stone's movie, by a group of men and women, mostly critics from years before, but some new to the issue. I was fortunate enough to be there for some of the early meetings of this group of motivated individuals, but was little more than a fellow consumer when it came to their publication.

But what a publication it was. Accomplished professionals, and individuals with highly developed and specialized knowledge of the case came together to produce articles of breathtaking depth and analysis on a bimonthly basis. Not only did they delve deeper into the JFK case, they also expanded their focus to include the other assassinations of the 1960s and events peripheral to them - the understanding of which helps to put these cases in their proper historical perspective. From one issue to the next, the material just continued to improve. Then, when Lisa Pease joined the effort, her intellectual strength, and energy of commitment helped to spark the project into heights likely not imagined during the organization's humble beginnings. Then, perhaps most amazing to me, they just sustained that greatness until they could go no longer, and stopped publication.

As a result, Probe became a small monthly with wide influence, and deservedly so. I read every issue cover to cover, and saved every last one of them, but I still bought this book, not only for its new material, but perhaps more importantly, for the index that serves to convert this amazing project from great history paper to definitive reference - The People's Report on the Assassinations of the 1960s. This is a report that is rational and honest, and not written for political expediency or to cover anyone's behind, which makes it the best reference on the topic available.

Probe was the product of maximum effort by a few individuals over a relatively short period that produced a result of historical proportions. If you missed it the first time, you definitely do not want to miss it this time. If you were a Probe reader the first time around, this book still demands a prominent place on your bookshelf.