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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Death of a President: November 1963
William Manchester · 736 pages
An account of the assassination of President Kennedy and the days after culled from "evidence and recollection, scenes and moods, quotations and opinions from an enormous number of observers and participants." Pub W.
High Treason: The Assassination of JFK & the Case for Conspiracy
Robert J. Groden, Harrison Edward Livingstone · 621 pages
A nation lost its innocence on November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in Dallas. Thirty-five years later the nation continues to suffer the aftershock of perhaps the most traumatic single event in its history, in part, no doubt, because the case continues to elude closure. For more than three decades, Harrison Edward Livingstone has continued
Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK?
Mark Lane · 400 pages
An investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy draws on new documentation that links the CIA to the murder of the president.
Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace
Peter Janney, Dick Russell
The Kennedy Conspiracy
Anthony Summers · 640 pages
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
Philip Shenon · 632 pages
"Groundbreaking new history of the Kennedy assassination, investigative reporter and bestselling author Phil Shenon writes the ultimate inside account of what has become the most controversial murder investigation of the 20th century, the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Based on groundbreaking research, deep reporting, and unprecedented access, the book is character dr
On the Trail of the Assassins
Jim Garrison · 342 pages
This book is a record of Jim Garrison, Prosecuting Attorney in New Orleans, attempt to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. His contention is that the assassination was a conspiracy involving the CIA and the military industrial complex, and that it was, in effect, a coup d'etat. This book was used as one of the basis for the movie, JFK. Although he di
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
James W. Douglass · 514 pages
In this fascinating and disturbing book James Douglass presents a compelling account of why President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and why the unmasking of this truth remains crucial for the future of our country and the world. Drawing on a vast field of investigation, including many sources available only in recent years, Douglass lays out a sequence of steps by JFK that transformed him, o
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Steve Sheinkin · 370 pages
From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Bomb comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed “the greatest story of the century”: how Daniel Ellsberg transformed from obscure government analyst into “the most dangerous man in America,” and risked everything to expose the government’s deceit. On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announ
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan
“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre. . . . the book is packed with news that will stay news. . . . This is reporting of consequence.”\ \ —David Remnick, The New Yorker\ \ \ \ “A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.”\ \ —Tina Brown\ \ “Riveting and richly textured. . . . What the authors add is the vivid detail that makes these events feel actual. They wrest real
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 910 pages
The gap between rich and poor has never been wider. Legislative stalemate paralyzes the country. Corporations resist federal regulations. Spectacular mergers produce giant companies. The influence of money in politics deepens. Bombs explode in crowded streets. Small wars proliferate far from our shores. A dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headli
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
H.W. Brands · 480 pages
"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about t
Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Vincent Bugliosi · 688 pages
Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America
Chris Matthews · 400 pages
JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President
Thurston Clarke · 432 pages
JFK's Last Hundred Days reexamines the last months of the President's life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his extraordinary promise.
The Dark Side of Camelot
Seymour M. Hersh · 498 pages
This monumental work of investigative journalism reveals the Kennedy White House as never before. With its meticulously documented & compulsively readable portrait of John F. Kennedy as a man whose reckless personal behavior imperiled his presidency, *The Dark Side of Camelot* sparked a firestorm of controversy upon its initial publication - becoming a runaway bestseller & one of the year's most t
Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
Jim Marrs · 622 pages
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan
Del Quentin Wilber · 305 pages
On March 30, 1981, after giving a lunchtime speech, President Ronald Reagan walked out of a hotel in Washington, D.C., and heard gunfire. Hustled into his limousine, Reagan didn't immediately realize that he had been injured. But soon he -- and the world -- learned that he had been shot and badly wounded. For years, few people knew the truth about how close the president came to dying, and no one
Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy
Ted Widmer · 320 pages
A uniquely unscripted, insider account of Kennedy and his cabinet grappling with the day-to-day business of the White House and guiding the nation through a hazardous era of uncertainty. Features extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings and a foreword by Caroline Kennedy.
One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein
Whitney Alyse Webb · 544 pages
They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK
Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell, David Wayne · 368 pages
The former governor of Minnesota teams up with a successful author and some of the most respected and influential assassination researchers to provide all the conspiracy angles of this notable event in American history.
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
James D. Bradley · 387 pages
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt's glamorous twenty-one year old daughter Alice served as mistress of the cruise, which included senators and congressmen. On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name.In 2005, a centu
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein · 260 pages
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
Gerald Blaine, Lisa McCubbin · 448 pages