Assassinations

The Plots, Politics, and Powers behind History-Changing Murders

Nick Redfern (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2020
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-690-4 (ISBN)

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Ruthless killers and murderers for hire: they are here, there, and everywhere. They lurk in the shadows, ready to pounce. They terminate on command. They change the course of the world. From the cunning, calculating, government-trained warriors to the psychopathic, homegrown freelancers, Assassinations: The Plots, Politics, and Powers behind History-Changing Murders exposes the hidden agendas, the open warfare, the cynical preparations, and devastating aftermaths of history's assassinations. You will be immersed in a world that is filled with killings made to seem like suicides, murders that were designed to look like heart-attacks or overdoses, and accidents that, in reality, were carefully orchestrated deaths. Covering 28 assassinations, attempts, and plots, this absorbing book takes an in-depth look at why so many famous and influential figures just had to go. With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is richly illustrated. A helpful bibliography and index add to its useful

Nick Redfern works full time as an author, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including UFOs, alien encounters, government conspiracies, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. His many books include Visible Ink Press’ The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates; Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies; The Alien Book: A Guide to Extraterrestrial Beings on Earth; Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order; Cover-Ups & Secrets: The Complete Guide to Government Conspiracies, Manipulations & Deceptions; Control: MKUltra, Chemtrails and the Conspiracy to Suppress the Masses; Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals; and The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts, and Fiends of Nature. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including History Channel’s Monster Quest and UFO Hunters; VH1’s Legend Hunters; National Geographic Channel’s The Truth about UFOs and Paranatural; the BBC’s Out of this World; MSNBC’s Countdown; and SyFy Channel’s Proof Positive. Nick lives just a few miles from Dallas, Texas’ infamous Grassy Knoll.

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1: President Lincoln taken out

2: Jack the Ripper or Jack the assassin?

3: Did he jump or was he pushed?

4: Assassination and Silencing

5: The journalist who had to die

6: Wiping out UFO researchers

7: Strange deaths in the Roswell conspiracy

8: Plans to kill Castro

9: The mysterious end of Marilyn Monroe

10: Death in Dealey Plaza

11: The enigmatic Lee Harvey Oswald

12: A president shot for his knowledge of aliens

13: Martin Luther King Jr. and a deadly bullet

14: Terminating Robert Kennedy

15: Killing a rock star

16: Almost assassinating President Ronald Reagan

17: Death on the Space Shuttle

18: The CIA’s “how to kill a man” file

19: Sinister sacrifices

20: The world mourns the disturbing death of a princess

21: The man whose hands were mysteriously missing

22: “Drowned” in a canoe

23: Killing in the name of the Slenderman

24: A news reporter is no more

25: Scientists suspiciously drop like flies

26: Murdered by the New World Order

27: The Mothman “death curse”

28: Making an assassination look like an accident

29: Conclusion

Further Reading

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2020
Verlagsort	Canton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-57859-690-4 / 1578596904
ISBN-13	978-1-57859-690-4 / 9781578596904
Zustand	Neuware