Crossfire
- Author
- Jim Marrs
- Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 623
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Marrs’ compendium of Kennedy-assassination conspiracy material, and one of the two books Oliver Stone used as the basis for JFK. Kyle’s note identifies it only as “about the Kennedy assassination”, which fits.
Read as a primary source on the conspiracy literature rather than on the assassination: Marrs’ case is not accepted by historians, and its value is in showing how the genre assembles an argument.
Where I saw it: In the reply thread to @typesfast’s question, “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 5, 2025) — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved to his Apple Note “Books To Read”; the full set of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet). It was listed there as “Crossfire (about the Kennedy assassination)”.
Connections
- John F. Kennedy — the subject.
- Conspiracy Theories — the book is a landmark of the form.
- Language of Discourse — how a contested event gets narrated into certainty.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.