Assassinations Books

As the leading civilian authority on the U.S. Secret Service (and President Kennedy's interaction with the agency), I was much interested in this book by the late DPD Chief Jesse Curry (who drove the lead car in the fateful Dallas motorcade of 11/22/63; the other passengers were Sheriff Bill Decker ***and*** Secret Service agents Win Lawson and Forrest Sorrels, both of whom I spoke to and/ or corresponded with). This is quite a rare book...and a good one, at that. What Chief Curry has to say about the JFK case is VERY important, to say the least. In fact, his work was an important part of my book, as well. Get this! Vince Palamara

Excellent essay on the use of and the intellectual 'reasoning' behind murder as a means to conquer or to keep political power in Russia.
This book covers the whole history of Russia from Ivan the Terrible to Gorbachev.
It evaluates brilliantly the writings of well known (Lenin, Trotski, Bakunin) but also of nearly forgotten revolutionaries (Pestel, Netchaev, Morozov, Heinzen and others).
The author proves convincingly that the liquidation of former allies, opponents or whole segments of the population was not a characteristic of the Bolshevik regime alone.
A brilliant work from the author who predicted that, if the Communist party would lose power in the USSR, the country would fall apart.

Have you read Second Sight By Gary Blackwood? This wonderful story about President Lincoln puts you on the edge of your seat.....This little boy and his father learn to perform wonderful acts and try to change history! Read this book to try to save Lincoln too! I loved this historical Book and hope you will to!

Abraham Lincoln often stated that the Weems book on George Washington was his favorite book next to the Bible. Well, this is definitely my favorite book in the whole world, next to the Bible. I believe the motivations of the author and many others in this book are best expressed by the forward in another book from the same crisis, The White Rose. The forward in one its publications by a sister of one of the members of the White Rose expressed the general sentiment of that group. They had to do something even if it was hopeless, so that other countries and future generations would know that there were people in Germany who had true compassion for the innocent and were not themselves animals like the Nazis! A warning about reading this book: If you are anything like the author, Count Von Stauffenber, or a relative handful of others from Hitler's Germany, this will be a terribly hard book to read emotionly. I venture to say that it aged me ten years in the days that I obsorbed it (or was obsorbed by it, reading is definitey too shallow a term). If you can stand by and see the innocent put to death by the guilty and not be overwelmed by righteous indignation then don't waste the time on this book! I would like to add some more detail to this review at some point when I get some more time. I pray that with this short testimonial I have given the true heros of America who see this a hunger to pour themselves into this work of extreme pathos!

Es un buen libro, suficiente como para hacer una pelicula con el tema. Pero no vale US$139, a pesar de ser importado desde Republica Dominicana. El vendedor independiente deberia ajustar el precio a no mas de unos US$50 + gastos de envio (shipping).

Saludos,

C. Lador

Snapshot is a thrilling novel about Tom Connor, an ordinary college student whose chance encounter with a beautiful girl immerses him in a diabolical plot concerning a newly created weapon, hidden in a most innocuous shell, that unleashes its murderous fury with gory results. Tom discovers the plot to use this weapon to attack his country and affect the global balance of power; cut off from allies, he struggles alone against both the good guys and the bad guys as killers hound him and would-be world dominators plot from the shadows. A hair-raising read, pure excitement from first page to last.

Lee Harvey Oswald was recruited by American Intelligence on a fake defector mission to Russia.he was not a ''Communist'' or a ''lone crazy nut'' or ''unstable'' but a Man of sound mind and judgement who wanted nothing more than to serve his country!!Mrs Melanson proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt!!!this book is out of print get it while supplies are still available!!!

Very interesting concept! I think this book was fantastic, and it keeps you reading all of the way through. I kept thinking the entire time "this would be a great movie". I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys intriguing new ideas.

George Sullivan is one of the best writers I have ever heard. In "They Shot the President" Sullivan gets right to the point and covers 10 true stories about history's most famous assassination atempts perfectly in just about 60 pages. Thats pretty good. His writing style also makes "They Shot the Prez." a perfect thriller even though the reader already knows the outcome most of the time. The book is very profound and has very memorable parts in it. GET THIS!

There is so much information packed into this little book! Its title comes from the third secret of the Lady of Fatima. West begins with a biographical sketch of Pope John Paul II. He discusses the Solidarity movement in Poland, and how the CIA gave it aid (pp. 201-202). He touches on Richard Kuklinski and on Soviet plans for the invasion of Poland.

Oleg Kalugin, the KGB chief of counterintelligence, admitted that, unlike the Czechs and East Germans, "the Poles were always difficult" (p. 192). West comments that: "Communists hate most who understand their methods." (p. 30).

The Soviet Union had a long history of political assassinations. In contrast, accusations about the CIA being responsible for political assassinations, according to West, are unfounded (p. 32).

After decades of lying, the Soviet Union admitted responsibility for the Katyn crime. And, following the fall of Communism, once-classified Bulgarian and Soviet reports confirmed their nations' involvement in the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II (p. 74). (When I first heard news of the Pope being shot, my first thoughts were: "I knew it! I knew that the Communists would get rid of him!")