The Moral Ground of JFK’s Assassination

JFK and the Unspeakable: why he died and why it matters,  by historian and theologian James W. Douglass is a thoroughly researched and documented book covering not only the JFK assassination, but also the state of the geopolitical world during his presidency.  In addition to a book about JFK, it is also a very readable summary of the major foreign policy issues of his time and would be a good book to read just for the overview it gives the reader of the state of global politics during his administration.   It is not a book after the fashion of most of the so-called “conspiracy theory” works.  Rather it is a book that explores the theological aspects of evil in our world and how those things came together to end with the assassination of a President.  The reader is never asked to suspend disbelief and accept any notions that are not grounded in well researched facts.  The author does not name an assassin, but makes the argument that the assassination was the culmination of the evil that men do.  John Kennedy’s unwillingness to cooperate with “the Unspeakable” sealed his fate.  He turned toward peace when what was demanded of him was war.  He refused to see the Russians as the “Enemy” and as a result the world was spared a nuclear holocaust. The knowledge of his own mortality allowed him to fearlessly oppose those who would benefit from conflict with other nations.  Nevertheless, no one can read and digest this book and accept any longer the official story of what happened in Dallas on that day.  But the bigger picture is “Why he died and why it matters”.  The evil that led to the assassination of JFK is still with us and abounds in the world today.  Read this book and you will see the world through more enlightened eyes.  It is important.