DiEugenio, James and Pease, Lisa, eds. The Assassinations: Probe Magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2003. 677 pages.

The only surprise when Oliver Stone's "JFK" movie appeared in December 1991, was that the media began bashing it in unison six months earlier -- before anyone had seen the movie! Major media are supposed to feign objectivity, because it makes their unsuspecting audience feel better. But in this case their marching orders were clear and they couldn't contain themselves. Despite this, Stone's movie revitalized interest in research for a time. New evidence emerged, partly because Congress passed a law that declassified many additional documents. By now, of course, the major media lost interest -- they had already declared that Oliver Stone was the man with the tin-foil hat.

The journal Probe, put out by the editors of this book, was one of the better efforts during the 1990s. Unfortunately, it was also obscure. This is a collection of essays, most of which were written for Probe, on the four major assassinations. It's the best overview of the current state of research on these topics to appear in the last ten years. In particular, the essay by James W. Douglas titled "The Murder and Martyrdom of Malcolm X" is notable because this assassination has not been covered as well as JFK, RFK, and MLK. All together, this volume is important because it pulls together information that is becoming increasingly difficult to collect.
ISBN 0-922915-82-2

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