JFK and the Unspeakable, James W. Douglass
JFK and the Unspeakable, James W. Douglass
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JFK and the Unspeakable
Why He Died and Why It Matters

Author: James W. Douglass

Narrator: Pete Larkin

Unabridged: 22 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/18/2011

Synopsis

At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence. Once these dark "Unspeakable" forces recognized that Kennedy's interests were in direct opposition to their own, they tagged him as a dangerous traitor, plotted his assassination, and orchestrated the subsequent cover-up.

Douglass takes listeners into the Oval Office during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, along on the strange journey of Lee Harvey Oswald and his shadowy handlers, and to the winding road in Dallas where an ambush awaited the President's motorcade. As Douglass convincingly documents, at every step along the way these forces of the Unspeakable were present, moving people like pawns on a chessboard to promote a dangerous and deadly agenda.

About James W. Douglass

James W. Douglass is a longtime peace activist and writer whose works include The Nonviolent Coming of God and Resistance and Contemplation. With his wife, Shelley, he is cofounder of Mary's House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality in Birmingham, Alabama, as well as the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamey on March 14, 2016

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is the most beautiful, most important, and most spiritually cogent book I have read in a decade. It deserves to be taught in universities throughout the country and reviewed in every major periodical. The book’s structure is sturdy and clear; t......more

Goodreads review by Tom LA on October 07, 2023

Now (2013) that we are getting closer to the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination there seems to be an increased animosity between those who believe the conclusions of the Warren commission about Lee Oswald, the lone gunman, and on the other hand the ones who believe that JFK was murdered by a......more

Goodreads review by Jackson on January 28, 2014

Politics, History, Intrigue, and Mystery. JKF and the Unspeakable got to me in a way I didn't expect. Organizing facts in support of a JFK assassination theory is like ordering a meal at Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want. Still, I found this book both persuasive and deeply disturbing......more

Goodreads review by Bob on November 22, 2015

An excellent step by step summary of events. I'm not sure I agree with some of the conclusions, but if you want one of the clearest written portrayals of events, this is it. The key is to see how JFK was changed in office. He ran on the missile gap, that we were behind the Russians, but once in offi......more

Goodreads review by Murray on August 29, 2011

This is a simply stunning book. I suppose if you were around to remember Kennedy's Assassination you will have clear views on whether the assassination was by a 'lone nut' or part of a wider and much darker conspiracy. James Douglass's interest was because he discovered Kennedy, in his final years,......more

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