First published 2018
Gerald Posner takes on two of America's most controversial assassinations in this investigative examination. The Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author tackles the murder of John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, drawing from official records and extensive interviews to challenge conspiracy theories involving the mafia, multiple shooters, and CIA involvement. Posner then turns to the April 4, 1968 killing of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, where James Earl Ray fled from a rooming house after shooting the civil rights leader on a hotel balcony. Despite Ray's guilty plea and subsequent claims of being an unwitting conspirator, Posner cuts through false witnesses and misinformation to reveal what actually occurred. Through meticulous investigation and evidence presentation, Posner offers clear answers to questions that have spawned decades of speculation and doubt about these pivotal moments in American history.
Genres: history, 20th-century, crime, biography-memoir, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-reporter
Setting: Dallas, Memphis
Period: 1963, 1968
1496 pages · Kindle Edition · Open Road Media