Reclaiming History

Reclaiming History

"Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" is a book by attorney Vincent Bugliosi (Norton, 2007, 1632 p., ISBN 0393045250) which analyzes the events leading up to and including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, focusing on the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. The book is drawn from many sources, including the Warren Report. Bugliosi's 1600+ page, 1,535,791 word book (with a CD-ROM containing an additional 1000+ pages of footnotes) analyzes all aspects of the assassination and the rise of the conspiracy theories about Kennedy's assassination in the years subsequent to the event. The book won the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-01-2008/0004805000 |title=Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners |date=2008-05-01 |accessdate=2009-05-02]

Research

Much of the book was based on his trial preparation experience for a mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald he participated in for British television.

My professional interest in the Kennedy assassination dates back to March 1986 when I was approached by a British production company, London Weekend Television (LWT) to "prosecute" Lee Harvey Oswald as the alleged assassin of President Kennedy in a proposed twenty-one hour television trial to be shown in England and several other countries, including the United States. I immediately had misgivings. Up to then, I had consistently turned down offers to appear on television in artificial courtroom settings. But when I heard more of what LWT was contemplating, my misgivings quickly dissolved. Although this could not be the real trial of Oswald...LWT, working with a large budget, had conceived and was putting together the closest thing to a real trial of Oswald that there would likely ever be, the trial in London being the only "prosecution" of Oswald ever conducted with the real witnesses in the Kennedy assassination. Through painstaking and dogged effort, LWT had managed to locate and persuade most of these original key lay witnesses, many of whom had refused to even talk to the media for years, to testify...There would be absolutely no script...and no actors would be used. [Bugliosi, Reclaiming History, p.xvi]

Contents

The book is divided into several major parts, including a detailed chronology of the events of the assassination, as well as an exploration of the major conspiracy theories, a chapter on the trial of Jack Ruby, and a chapter featuring his interviews with Marina Oswald.

ee also

* John F. Kennedy assassination
* Vincent Bugliosi

References

External links

* [http://www.reclaiminghistory.com "Reclaiming History" homepage]
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/807/000023738/ Vincent Bugliosi profile, NNDB] .
* Thomas Mallon, [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200706/mallon-JFK "A Knoll of One's Own"] , "The Atlantic".
* Ron Rosenbaum, [http://www.slate.com/id/2167466/ "The Return of the Magic Bullet"] , "Slate".
* Bryan Burrough, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Burrough-t.html "Or No Conspiracy?"] , "New York Times".
* Dr. Basileios Drolias, [http://ficciones.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/reclaiming-history-vincent-bugliosi/ "Reclaiming History a Review (Greek)]
* David W. Mantik, [http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v5n1/v5n1mantik.pdf "Reclaiming History" by Vincent Bugliosi: A Not-Entirely-Positive Review"]
* Gaeton Fonzi, [http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Essay_-_Reply_From_a_Conspiracy_Believer "Reply From a Conspiracy Believer"]
* Don Thomas, [http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Essay_-_Rewriting_History_-_Bugliosi_Parses_the_Testimony "Rewriting History: Bugliosi Parses the Testimony"]
* Pat Speer, [http://www.patspeer.com/reclaiminghistoryfromreclaiminghistory "Reclaiming History from Reclaiming History"]
* Lisa Pease, [http://realhistoryarchives.blogspot.com/2007/05/reclaiming-history-from-vince-bugliosi.html "Reclaiming History from Vince Bugliosi"]
* David Von Pein's [http://hometheaterforum.com/htf/showpost.php?p=3200858 "Reclaiming History" Book Review]
* Steve Donoghue [http://openlettersmonthly.com/issue/he-died/ reviews "Reclaiming History" in Open Letters Monthly]
* [http://www.afewmomentswith.com/ Vincent Bugliosi Interview on Fox News Radio]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/books/14jfk.html?ex=1336795200&en=dedb511b1e026a4b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Who Killed Kennedy? One Man’s Answer]
* [http://www.americanbooktour.com/book_reclaiming_history_part_1.asp Video of Vincent Bugliosi discussing JFK assassination]
* [http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/green/BesmirchingHistory.html Vincent Bugliosi'a "Reclaiming History", Book Review by Michael Green]


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