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Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy Hardcover – June 3, 2008

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On June 5th, 1968, at L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel, Robert F. Kennedy celebrated his victory in the California Democratic primary with a rousing victory speech anticipating a successful run for the presidency. Moments later, gunshots shattered that dream: like his brother before him, Bobby Kennedy lay mortally wounded at the hand of an assassin. The police quickly apprehended Sirhan Sirhan, who the world believed had single-handedly masterminded the shooting. Shockingly, that may not be so, as documentary filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan presents powerful new evidence to the contrary. In Who Killed Bobby? O'Sullivan makes a stunning case that will fundamentally alter the way the public views Bobby Kennedys death. Based on research he undertook for a documentary that will debut this year, O'Sullivan poses such key questions as:

Could Sirhan have fired the fatal shot? After the autopsy LA County Coroner Thomas Noguchi concluded that the deadly shots had been fired from an inch behind Kennedys right ear; yet not a single witness placed Sirhan this close; most placed his gun several feet away, and in front of the senator.
Who was the girl in the polka-dot dress? Vincent Di Pierro saw Sirhan with a girl in a polka-dot dress in the pantry. And Sandra Serrano described a similar woman fleeing down a fire escape, exclaiming, We shot him! We shot him! O'Sullivan presents new interviews with these key witnesses and details how the LAPD browbeat them into changing their stories, while investigators also insisted to the press that no such person ever existed.
Was Sirhan an unwitting assassin operating under the direction of unseen manipulators? Sirhan repeatedly scrawled RFK Must Die in his notebook and recreated the same kind of automatic writing when later hypnotized by his defense team. O'Sullivan cites psychiatric evidence that Sirhan was an extremely susceptible hypnotic subject, whose behavior on the night of the shooting fit the profile of a programmed assassin. Was Sirhan programmed to be a decoy for the real killer of Bobby Kennedy?

The recent release of the film Bobby, the 40th anniversary of the shooting, and O'Sullivans upcoming documentary have created renewed interest in the subject, and readers who accepted the conventional wisdom will have their beliefs shaken.

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"The most definitive work on the RFK case. It contains much new material that I am sure will contribute to a reopening" - William Turner, former FBI agent and author of The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy"O'Sullivan tries and succeeds in informing us about the failure of law enforcement in solving this crime, due to destruction of crucial evidence and prematurely ending the investigation. He compiles old and new data that is invaluable (and) provides history and possible solutions. I was standing with Robert Kennedy that night and was wounded but I will never give up trying to solve this case" - Paul Schrade, shooting victim and friend of Robert Kennedy"O'Sullivan's understated tone adds plausibility to the argument. He may or may not be right but this is a serious attempt to raise important questions about Kennedy's death" - The Irish Times"Sane, well-documented, and convincing" - Library Journal"Undoubtedly the most exhaustive investigation of the case ever written...a rattling good read" - Sunday Business Post

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"O'Sullivan tries and succeeds in informing us about the failure of law enforcement in solving this crime, due to destruction of crucial evidence and prematurely ending the investigation. He compiles old and new data that is invaluable (and) provides history and possible solutions. I was standing with Robert Kennedy that night and was wounded but I will never give up trying to solve this case"

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Union Square Press; First Edition (June 3, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1402754442
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1402754449
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.04 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 2 x 9.25 inches

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Shane O’Sullivan is an Irish author and filmmaker based in London. His work includes the acclaimed documentaries RFK Must Die, Children of the Revolution and Killing Oswald, and the books Who Killed Bobby? and Dirty Tricks: Nixon, Watergate and the CIA.

He holds a PhD in Film from Roehampton University and is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Film and Photography at Kingston School of Art, London. He blogs about his books at whokilledbobby.net and nixondirtytricks.com

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William Wagenborg
Great product
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
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BARBARA AVERY
Unbelievable
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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This book upset me. I have friends who were there and helped catch Sirhan. One big problem Sirhan was in front of Bobby but the shots that killed him came from the BACK!!

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bossaboy
Yet a second decidedly "magic" bullet kills a Kennedy while the police & CIA provide the coverup
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2017
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Oddly, I had studied the assassinations of both JFK and MLK in much more detail than Bobby's prior to this book, somehow ignoring the option to take another look at what we know. I was 16 years old when Bobby was killed and remember the sense of despair I felt as his death was added to those of JFK, Malcolm and MLK. This book brought back memories of how TV reports at the time involved convoluted attempts to show how Bobby must have completed some kind of pirouette to allow his assassin to shoot him in the back of the head, while standing "in front of him." Of course what thoseTV reports omitted was that the kill shot was delivered from 1 to 1 1/2 INCHES from Bobby's head, an impossible shot for Shirhan to complete according to ALL witnesses. This book is a worthwhile addition to the ever increasing library of investigative histories that show official government involvement in the assassinations and their coverups of the entire elite level of progressive leadership in the U.S. within a five year period in the 1960's. For anyone who is only recently contemplating whether our nation might just now be moving "toward fascism" this book should offer a bit of a reality check on that timeline. Other books worth reading are "JFK and the Unspeakable: why he died and why it matters," and "The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." Many courageous people have devoted their lives to investigate and help us understand these assassinations. The least any American citizen can do is to read & educate themselves, and to contemplate the ramifications of what we now know about these very public murders of our last truly progressive leaders.

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Gedep17
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024
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Excellent book, well researched and each chapter is thorough and well written. I wish more books were like this. Great purchase.

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Mystery
An Excellent Work
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
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Shane O'Sullivan has given us a not to be missed work looking into the murder of RFK. This one is indispensible for anyone who is interested in this case which changed our history.

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Sean Heuston
Thin. Very thin.
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2008
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I'm a huge fan of RFK and I am ready to be convinced that there was more to his murder than one crazed lonely man. I expected this book to provide facts to support a conspiracy theory, but with it's weak reasoning, logical flaws, repetition, poor writing, and laughable straw-grabbing, I am now convinced that Sirhan acted alone for his own demented reasons. A girl in a polka dot dress runs out yelling "We did it!"?? Yeah, all great conspiracies end with a public announcement to strangers, by the conspirators. You have Sirhan writing "It is my obsession" to kill RFK, days prior to the assassination. Sure he claims not to remember the killing - and his claim of no memory is accepted wholesale by the author here. It is a premise the author relies upon and focuses on toward the end (paying lip service to, but quickly dismissing, the thought that Sirhan is faking.) Despite his efforts to raise doubts in favor of a conspiracy, or at least a "second gun," this author has shown that such concepts are unsupported in this instance. Sirhan was a lone gunman.

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doubledpawn
Very in depth
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2021
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The author gave the read not only an in depth view of the case of Sirhan, but also an in depth look at Sirhan. A very compelling book. Heavily sourced and about as complete of and overall look at the subject and particulars of the case and subsequent parole attempt. A great deal of thought and work went into this work. Excellent.

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Phil Dragoo
A Cover-Up with Malice
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2009
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I knew this to be good at the outset having seen author Shane O'Sullivan's thoughtful eight-minute interview on Irish television.

In addition, Jim DiEugenio Chairman of Citizens for Truth in the Kennedy Assassination had looked at it with his special intensity and found it on balance a positive contribution to the research.

I was most intensely moved by Shane O'Sullivan's thorough presentation of the actions of LAPD officers Pena and Hernandez in an obvious cover-up with malice.

The two in question are familiar to anyone having read the initial Turner and Christian and the subsequent Klaber and Melanson--AID-trained, doing the (CIA's) work with police departments in Central and South America, shredding the interviews (Pena) and polygraphs (Hernandez) of any witnesses interfering with the lone-nut, single-gun theory.

One may choose to believe or not believe Sirhan's claim he does not remember the period between drinking coffee with the young woman and being "choked" on the steam table, but medical examiner Thomas Noguchi's testimony that Kennedy's head shot had residue indicating a muzzle distance of no more than one inch is not, in my view, open to question.

Tremendous pressure was placed on Noguchi to change his testimony--charges of unprofessional conduct which he defeated. Just as the defense attorney was under the shadow of legal liability for conduct in another case. Witnesses received threats to change their testimony in addition to the bullying by Hernandez and the censoring by Pena.

If there is fault here in the writing it is perhaps in accepting Moldea's defense of Cesar based on polygraph--does no one note Aldrich Ames passed his "flutter" after coaching from his KGB handler?

Also, there is an Antonioni Blow-Up (1966) attempt to find CIA assassin David Sanchez Morales at the Ambassador that night, in company with other CIA officials. This was a line of inquiry less successful than the rest, but the author's honesty in presenting all of it adds to his overall credibility.

In sum, we have here a fresh look by a bright mind from another time and another culture who finds compelling evidence for conspiracy and argues for reopening the case.

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bookee
Still hard to believe.
Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2020
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Ok Read, lots of info not known.

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Massa
Good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2021
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Brillant book gives you all the information you need to come to the right conclusion

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michael stephenson
good read, more or less tells you who shot ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017
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good read, more or less tells you who shot bobby, even though he still maintains innocence. but we all know theres no such thing as democracy in America. when anyone vies for it they end up shot by a lone assassin predictably

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RFK Murder
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Loved this book author not interested in cover ups.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in this assassination

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