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Originally Posted by forgop
Thanks for the clarification on Killer Angels. I've removed it from the list.
One other topic I was pretty fascinated with when I was in high school was the JFK assassination as that's when JFK came out. I read On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrision and thought it was good. Any other recommended JFK assassination books?
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"Case Closed", by Richard Posner. Gives a lot of background on Oswald and his revolutionary-wannabe leanings, Ruby and his ties to the Dallas police, the circumstances that led Kennedy to go to Dallas (which was openly recognized as "hostile territory"), and the beginnings of the conspiracy myths. Also goes into Garrison and details the damage his conspiratorial witchhunts did to innocent people. Overall, I found it very informative and enlightening, especially his discussion of why the conspiracy theories began and why they have continued so long after the fact.