5 comments about Cover-Up.

1. Galanor has accomplished a feat that most students of this case have thought was next to impossible: a concise account of the most basic aspects of the assassination of JFK that enables new students to understand most of the crucial issues and old hands to fully appreciate their fundamental importance. In some ways, this stunning feat might have been expected from an author whose earlier work made calculus--perhaps the most difficult of undergraduate courses--accessible to students with no flare for mathematics.

   In my own book on this case, MURDER IN DEALEY PLAZA (2000), I provide a set of 16 "smoking guns", beginning with two drawn from Galanor's book; and at the conclusion of my "Prologue", I advise my readers to begin with COVER-UP (1998) before they read mine. So don't be taken in by the book's easy-to-read style or by the abundant photographs, diagrams, and illustrations that make this case accessible to everyone who can read. It takes experts years to master this material. Galanor makes it accessible in hours.




2. First and foremost, this little book is too brief to convince anybody of anything--I counted only 104 pages of true text.What was most disappointing for me was that the author was extremely selective about the "evidence" he presented that there was a cover-up. For example, even though the autopsists did not use approved methods when they noted that JFK's upper-back wound was "14 cm from the tip of the acromium process and 14 cm below the tip of the right mastoid process," this measurement at least fixed the location much more precisely than the "X" they marked on the autopsy face sheet. But, Galanor, of course, only mentions the "X." Also the autopsists stated the wound was "just above the upper border of the [right] scapula." Here again the author conveniently omitted their attempt to be more precise.Later, the author states that a paraffin test that showed no presence of nitrates on Oswald's right cheek was "consistent with the possibility that Oswald did not fire a rifle." This is true of course, but didn't Galanor think the readers might want to know that an FBI agent, who fired three shots in succession with the same rifle found on the sixth floor of the depository, also tested negative.I could go on but I don't want to beat a dead horse.So, if you're looking for the truth about the assassination of President Kennedy, I suggest you don't look for it here.



3. very simple review There is nothing new here. This seems like a conglomeration of everything already printed weather factual or speculative. very disapointing



4. Stewart Galanor's book "Cover-Up" is one of top most powerful and informative reads you will find on the JFK assassination! It is loaded with many revelations not found in other books on the subject, and for those of us who have studied and researched the various books and articles on the subject for years, many examples of extremely close attention to details showing just how much evidence was tampered with or clearly altered in the course of the Warren Commission's investigation.

   The pictures and documentation of the phyiscal evidence and the efforts to duplicate what is told to us as truth by the FBI and other investigative groups prove that without a doubt, we haven't been told the entire truth about what happened. Just the study and comparison of the wound analysis and ballistics PROVES that the whole premise that Lee Oswald did it alone is untenable.

   Using the Scientific Method, one is able to prove or disprove predictions based on facts learned from trying to create and recreate results, and then using different variables to learn even more information. Galanor's "Document 24" is just one of many proofs that the evidence had to be altered because it could not be duplicated--the Sixth floor window is 60 feet from ground level, while the tower that was used to attempt to duplicate the shots from the "sixth floor elevation" at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds (Warren Commission Exhibit 579) is only 30 feet high. There are many other startly examples in the book.

   This is without question one of the best books on the JFK assassination you could read. It helps to bring together a lot of the facts that have been missed by others, and it powerfully illustrates that much of what we have been told as fact is ridiculous. If your views are those that support the findings of the Warren Commission, this book will shatter them. If your views support the idea that Oswald acted alone, the evidence in this book will show you how that position is no longer valid, simply because that which is purported to have been done by "Oswald" could not be duplicated.

   Mr. Galanor should be commended for his interest and study of the records on which his work is based--obviously very few have devoted as much time with the keen eye for detail he has shown in finding much within the Warren Commission materials disproving their own positions after all these years. Harold Weisberg and Mark Lane were two of the first, and Galanor adds much to this ever-increasing long list of inaccurate information sold to the American people as fact.

   I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to settle the doubts in their minds about whether or not we have ever been told the whole truth about the investigations into the JFK assassination!




5. Although one can quibble with a few details, this book is the most up-to-date concise introduction to the issues in the assassination of President Kennedy currently available. Anyone seeking a brief, informative and well-illustrated alternative to the dismal "Oswald did it" propaganda of Gerald Posner should give Galanor a read. There have been some good previous concise summaries of the evidence for conspiracy, but all are somewhat dated at this point. Stewart Galanor has ably filled an obvious gap in the literature.

1 comments about Culloden and the Last Clansman.

1. This book was recommended by a Tour Director in Scotland when I visited the bridge from which James Stewart's body hung until his body fell piece by piece from it's chains. I had always found myself interested in why the Highlanders came down to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie and where they found their courage. Even though this book takes place in the aftermath of Culloden, James Hunter explained to me the structure, loyalty, and fierceness of the clans through the life of James Stewart. It was insightful in a writing style that I could see within the hearts and minds of these people. The bravery of James Stewart and his senseless murder is a story that was well written, so that I was able to experience life in the times after Culloden. I would recommend this book to anyone who's asks "Why" and "Where did they find their courage". Thank You Ian for guiding me to this book!

No comments about Assassination of Lincoln;: A history of the great conspiracy; trial of the conspirators by a military commission, and a review of the trial of John H. Surratt.

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5 comments about The Oster Conspiracy of 1938: The Unknown Story of the Military Plot to Kill Hitler and Avert World War II.

1. To see how close WWII could have been stopped at least in the European Theatre, this book keeps you on the edge, even though you know the outcome. Excellent.



2. It's shocking to me that the events in this book aren't chronicled in every high school and college World History class. The fact that, as Hitler resolutely thrust Germany toward war in September 1938, nearly all his troop commanders had decided to revolt against a war they were certain would mean the destruction of Germany, casts a long and dark shadow on modern-day attempts to deal diplomatically with fanatical national leaders.
   
   Ironically, Hitler's generals had realized what the leaders of the Western democracies had not: that Germany stood to be quickly and decisively defeated in a war against England, France, and Czechoslovakia. On the very morning that Chamberlain, in a pitiful "if Daddy says no, ask Mommy" display of desperation, was grovelling with Mussolini for a peace conference to negotiate German occupation of western Czechoslovakia, armed men were positioned to storm the Reich Chancellery and kill Hitler at the first announcement of war.
   
   More than just a surprising lesson in history, this work speaks volumes to today's leaders of free and peaceful nations in dealing with hostile regimes in the Middle East or Chinese aggression toward Taiwan. Peace kept by capitulation and appeasement is a peace that cannot last, and serves only to sustain and embolden expansionist, warmongering tyrants.



3. Few history books raise to the high bar of objectivity that we're expecting from sciences in general. And objectivity in this context has mainly to do with the broader political context of the times in question rather than just a selective exposition of facts. Too many times, focusing on a certain historical issue without the proper context leads to erroneous interpretations.
   
   Interpretation is not only an academic concern, especially when applied to political sciences. The meaning assigned to facts, the interpretation given has practical consequences, and the book "The Oster Conspiracy of 1938 : The Unknown Story of the Military Plot to Kill Hitler and Avert World War II" points out to little thus far known details about those times, about the framework, internal and international in which Hitler operated, about the blown chances to recognize the opportunity (when it presented itself) to deal with the hitlerite threat in a much less fatal fashion.
   
   The account in this book is fundamentally different than in a typical "what if" book. "What if" books border on fiction. Their premise or starting point is fictitious. This book's premise is not fictitious at all. It's researched facts. The only "what if" part of it is the argumentative interpretation of the British politicians both a priori and a posteriori of the chances of a coup d'etat in Germany, had they agreed to send an unmistakable signal that they do not accept to be bullied and made a joke of in front of the whole world at gunpoint.
   
   A good, objective and reflective read. At times it feels just like a novel and not a researched history text.



4. An interesting book about a fascinating "what if" of history. Parssinen makes a convincing case that the plotters of 1938 were closer to success then is generally credited. His case also illuminates the tragedy of appeasement for Great Britain, Germany and the rest of the world.
   
   I learned a lot I did not know about Hans Oster, who comes off as an extremely admirable person and plotter.



5. I had the pleasure of being a student of Terry Parssinen around the time this wonderful story was released. Needless to say, I couldn't be any more prouder as to what he has uncovered. It is a refreshing book to read in regards to his opinion as to what might have happened; And I'm not just saying that because I was once his student. Excellent read!

5 comments about Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De La Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South.

1. I got the paperbound edition of this book on the advice of a friend who, like me, had been disappointed by the film that borrowed its title (but not its content). The book is so gripping, and knot-in-the-stomach good, both as a work of journalism and true-life suspense. The sticker on my copy sez "Ghosts of Mississippi" was a National Book Award Finalist. Hey, it shoulda won because it's an American masterwork that oughta be taught in high schools in colleges. Yo! You want heroes worth believing in, and villains worth bringing to justice? Then put on a CD by the Roots or Rage Against the Machine and read this righteous book and learn real lessons you can live by.



2. I picked up Ghosts of Mississippi several years ago but tucked it away for a rainy day. De la Beckwith's death earlier this week (and a California rain storm) prompted me to dust it off. I now regret not having read it years ago. Maryanne Vollers' work is, in short, a masterpiece. Her amazing investigative skills and craftmanship left me wanting to read more. Logging on today to write this review, I was thrilled to see that Vollers has a new book out (Ice Bound). This time I won't wait!



3. This book is definitely not what you would call fun to read, but it is a stirring and important document. The author commits a few infelicities of language (for which I would have deducted the quarter-star if I could) but keeps the narrative tension high and sheds a lot of light for this Yankee girl on the kind of culture that made a man like Medger Evers loyal to the state of Mississippi even though it was a state that would allow his murderer to go unpunished for decades. It doesn't gloss over the warts of those on the side of the angels, and although it doesn't fully explain the psychology of the assassin, perhaps no one can.



4. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the civil rights struggle of the 60's. It is a very readable and detailed account of the murder of Medgar Evers by Byron de la Beckwith. This is one of those books I thought I would leaf through, but I got so absorbed that I read it in one sitting.



5. I read this book through, not long before Mr Beckwith passed away in prison. I found this very one sided, Medgar Evers is shown to be a saint, an angel on Earth, while Byron De La Beckwith is shown at EVERY turn to be a warped, crazy person. Anyone hoping for fair reporting here will be out of luck. Remember, Mr Beckwith was tried twice and had a hung jury. It wasn't until the late twentieth century, with the PC climate, that he was found guilty. At that point there was no way he would have been found not guilty.

1 comments about Defining Danger: American Assassins and the New Domestic Terrorists.

1. Written by Professor of Political Science James W. Clarke, Defining Danger: American Assassins and the New Domestic Terrorists is an examination of acts of terrorism and political violence on American soil throughout modern history. From the assassination attempts that killed four of America's presidents and tried to kill eight others, to "Oklahoma City Bomber" Timothy McVeigh, to abortion clinic attacks and abortion doctor killings, to analyses of twenty-one perpetrators of political violence on American soil, and much more, Defining Danger seeks to quantify and categorize the changing nature of violence and threat, and its impact upon American political structure. Meticulously researched and studiously assembled with the precision and eye to detail worthy of a master surgeon, Defining Danger is a welcome addition to terrorism studies libraries and reference shelves, and sure to prove an invaluable historical and analysis tool for examining modern risks and atrocities.

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