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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823153703321

Autore

Johnson Scott Patrick

Titolo

The faces of Lee Harvey Oswald : the evolution of an alleged assassin / / Scott P. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4985-1509-6

0-7391-8682-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Disciplina

364.1524092

Soggetti

Assassins - United States

Public opinion - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Oswald as lone assassin -- Oswald as conspirator -- Oswald as patsy and hero -- Two Oswalds? -- The "Russian" Oswald -- Critical analysis of Oswald's role in the Kennedy assassination.

Sommario/riassunto

The Faces of Lee Harvey Oswald provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of Lee Harvey's Oswald's role in the JFK assassination. Scott P. Johnson objectively examines the various narratives of Lee Harvey Oswald created by researchers and authors over the last fifty years. He finds that at first glance any theory related to Oswald's role appears as convincing as the next, particularly when researchers carefully select information that only advances their preferred theory. In reality, however, Oswald's role in the assassination offe