JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters

Different versions of the murder of John F. Kennedy have been described many times, but for the first time we encounter a thorough, objective investigation not so much of who and how did it, but of why—and most importantly—why. Who benefited from it? What did the president get in the way of?

After the successful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy made a radical turn: he decided to end the Cold War and the arms race associated with it. Kennedy stopped listening to advisers and turned instead to deeper ethics and a deeper vision of a world for everyone.

Jim Douglas believes the world today would look different if Kennedy had lived. He immerses the reader in the context of early 1960s foreign policy and builds his research on unique materials, including Kennedy’s and Khrushchev’s personal correspondence.