The JFK Assassination Dissected: An Analysis by Forensic Pathologist Cyril Wecht

The JFK Assassination Dissected: An Analysis by Forensic Pathologist Cyril Wecht

The JFK Assassination Dissected: An Analysis by Forensic Pathologist Cyril Wecht

The JFK Assassination Dissected: An Analysis by Forensic Pathologist Cyril Wecht

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Overview

Since President John F. Kennedy's 1963 murder in Dallas, medical examiner and lawyer Dr. Cyril Wecht was initially inclined to accept the official theory that one person alone was responsible for the crime. But as Wecht delved into the evidence with boundless curiosity and unprecedented access, he came to understand that America had, instead, suffered a coup d'etat at the hands of rogue elements within our own government.

Nobody else has Wecht's up-close and personal experience in uncovering the facts behind this assassination—and now he is sharing it with the world. Co-authored by investigative journalist Dawna Kaufmann, this comprehensive book reveals Wecht's analyses of the case's forensic and medical evidence. With his keen eye and sharp tongue, Wecht wields his scalpel on JFK's dubious autopsy report, the inept Warren Commission Report, the mishandling of crucial materials, all of the key players, and the media malpractice that has allowed the truth to remain hidden for nearly six decades.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476685113
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 11/22/2021
Pages: 307
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

The late Cyril H. Wecht M.D., J.D., was an internationally acclaimed forensic pathologist, attorney and medical-legal consultant who became famous for consulting on deaths with a high media profile. His expertise was called upon in cases involving John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenét Ramsey, Laci Peterson and Kurt Cobain, the fatal stabbings of the family of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the O.J. Simpson slayings, and the Waco Branch Davidian fire, among many others. Dawna Kaufmann is an investigative reporter for several publications and has worked on some of the highest-profile trials and sex crime cases of our time. She’s the only journalist to have gotten an admission directly from W. Mark Felt that he was, indeed, Watergate’s “Deep Throat,” solving one of America’s greatest political debates. She has also worked as a network TV producer, as well as a staff writer on Saturday Night Live and other series.

Table of Contents

Foreword Oliver Stone 1

Preface 5

The Worlds Greatest Murder Mystery 7

"The President's Been Shot!" 9

Who Was John Fitzgerald Kennedy? 14

Kennedy as President 17

November 22, 1963 21

"Nut Country" 25

Dealey Plaza and the "Grassy Knoll" 27

Abraham Zapruder 30

Parkland Memorial Hospital 32

The Battle Over the Body 42

The Stretcher Bullet 46

The Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald 49

LBJ Becomes President 55

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? 57

George de Mohrenschildt 64

Oswald in Police Custody 66

The President's Autopsy 67

Governor John Connally's Wounds 71

Three Funerals 76

The Zapruder Film 82

Oswald Goes Deeper 87

Major General Edwin Walker 89

Oswald in New Orleans 92

Other Oswalds? 94

Curtain Rods or a Rifle? 96

The Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald 100

Who Was Jack Ruby? 103

The Next Few Days 108

The Warren Commission 111

The Warren Commission Report 115

The President's Autopsy Report 119

The Warren Commission's 26 Volumes 134

Arlen Specter: A Worthy Opponent 139

My Lecture at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 145

The Zapruder Film Screening 153

The Jack Ruby Enigma 159

Assassination Nation 171

The Ramsey Clark Panel 183

Jim Garrison 187

My Visit to the National Archives 200

Tracking JFK's Brain 210

Dan Rather 219

More Commissions and Committees 222

The House Select Committee on Assassinations 232

Willem Oltmans and George de Mohrenschildt 238

Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs 245

Oliver Stones JFK 250

My Lunch with Marina 260

The Journal of the American Medical Association 269

The Assassination Records Review Board 272

Media Matters 280

Moving Forward 285

Acknowledgments 291

Index 295

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