A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events
surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the
follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's
Killing Lincoln.
More than a million readers
have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the
page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking
assassination that changed the course of American history.
Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor; recounts in
gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald
Kennedy--and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas
afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent
the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War
and its culture-changing aftermath.
In January 1961,
as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to
contain the growth of Communism while he learns the
hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be
president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a
number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan
Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In
addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to
talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney
General Robert Kennedy.
In the midst of a 1963
campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic
young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine
Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and
shot dead while in police custody.
The events leading
up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are
almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing
Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of
Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will
profoundly move the reader. This may well be the most talked
about book of the year.
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