https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/assassination/ Recent content in Assassination on George's Blog Hugo en-US Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/killing-kennedy-the-end-of-camelot/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:32 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/killing-kennedy-the-end-of-camelot/ <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>A concise account of one of America&rsquo;s most popular presidents and his infamous assassination.</p> <p><strong>Thoughts</strong></p> <p>The authors&rsquo; intent with this book was to write history in a way that was &ldquo;fun.&rdquo; They largely succeeded; Killing Kennedy reads similarly to a tabloid, filled with murders, conspiracies, villainous Russian leaders, and, of course, lots of sex. In defense of Bill O&rsquo;Reilly, if ever there was a presidency that lent itself to this lens of analysis, it was JFK&rsquo;s. Serving from 1961 to 1963, JFK was at once the most powerful man in the world and nearly the youngest president in US history. In those three short years, America navigated through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, and the inception of the Vietnam War. This book is a quick and easy way to get some context surrounding America&rsquo;s 35th president, as long as the writing style doesn&rsquo;t grate too strongly against your sensibilities.</p>