Lyndon Johnson played a critical role in the JFK assassination. "Civil rights" was LBJ's keep out of jail ticket. Johnson had to pacify the liberals who rightfully suspected him in the JFK assassination. If you want to get quickly “up to speed” on the JFK assassination, here is what to read:

1) LBJ: Mastermind of JFK’s Assassination by Phillip Nelson
2) JFK and the Unspeakable:Why He Died and Why it Matters by James Douglass
3) Brothers: the Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot
4) The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour Hersh
5) Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty by Russ Baker
6) Power Beyond Reason: The Mental Collapse of Lyndon Johnson by Jablow Hershman
7) Google the essay “LBJ-CIA Assassination of JFK” by Robert Morrow
8) Google “National Security State and the Assassination of JFK by Andrew Gavin Marshall.”
9) Google “Chip Tatum Pegasus.” Intimidation of Ross Perot 1992
10) Google “Vincent Salandria False Mystery Speech.” Read everything Vincent Salandria ever wrote.
11) Google "Unanswered Questions as Obama Annoints HW Bush" by Russ Baker
12) Google "Did the Bushes Help to Kill JFK" by Wim Dankbaar
13) Google "The Holy Grail of the JFK story" by Jefferson Morley
14) Google "The CIA and the Media" by Carl Bernstein
15) Google "CIA Instruction to Media Assets 4/1/67"
16) Google "Limit CIA Role to Intelligence" Harry Truman on 12/22/63
17) Google "Dwight Eisenhower Farewell Address" on 1/17/61
18) Google "Jerry Policoff NY Times." Read everything Jerry Policoff ever wrote about the CIA media cover up of the JFK assassination.

Thank you for an excellent review/article on an important book about a man who wielded enormous personal and political power during a critical time in US history, and whose faults and achievements will always be controversial.

I was not previously aware of this extraordinary feat of scholarship, but will now try to beg, borrow, steal or purchase a copy, and perhaps others in the same series. It would be a very good thing if other contributors might on occasions undertake to write thoughtful reviews of books they find impressive.

It is also a pleasant change from the steady diet of argument, criticism and outrage a journal of online opinion will inevitably attract.

Max Atkinson