JFK and the Unspeakable
| Author | James W. Douglass |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | True crime, John F. Kennedy assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, United States conspiracies |
| Published | 2008, 2010 (Orbis Books hardcover, Touchstone Books paperback) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 544 pp |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 163707261 |
| 973.922092 |
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is a book by theologian and Catholic Worker James W. Douglass (Orbis Books, 2008; Touchstone Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2010) that analyzes the presidency of John F. Kennedy as well as the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The book is drawn from many sources, including the Warren Report. The book's central thesis is that Kennedy was a cold warrior who turned to peace-making, and that as a result he was killed by his own security apparatus.
Published by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, it received an award from the Catholic Press Association and coverage in the religious press; sales shot up after Oliver Stone recommended the book, with it featuring in Amazon.com's Top 100 for a week. The 2013 edition of the book was endorsed by Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who said it had moved him to visit Dealey Plaza for the first time.
The book took Douglass twelve years to write. The book was rejected by Orbis three times before it was accepted. Publisher Robert Ellsberg said that besides the book's 500-page length, it fell outside the usual range of topics published by Orbis, and that he was reluctant to enter the "dark thicket" of Kennedy conspiracy theories. However, according to National Catholic Reporter, "after sending the book to a wide range of historians and analysts, Mr. Ellsberg was persuaded of the book's significance."
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