JFK and the Unspeakable

Why He Died and Why It Matters

By: James W. Douglass

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 22 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence. Once these dark "Unspeakable" forces recognized that Kennedy's interests were in direct opposition to their own, they tagged him as a dangerous traitor, plotted his assassination, and orchestrated the subsequent cover-up.

Douglass takes listeners into the Oval Office during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, along on the strange journey of Lee Harvey Oswald and his shadowy handlers, and to the winding road in Dallas where an ambush awaited the president's motorcade. As Douglass convincingly documents, at every step along the way, these forces of the Unspeakable were present, moving people like pawns on a chessboard to promote a dangerous and deadly agenda.

©2008 James W. Douglass (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"The best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance.... But don’t take my word for it. Read this extraordinary book and reach your own conclusions." (Oliver Stone)

Truth is God

Very informative with information I’ve never heard previously. Like any great story, I will listen to this multiple times.

The Answer

Why was Kennedy killed? Here’s a response that makes reasonable sense of an unspeakable plan.

So absolutely informative.

I was satisfied with the entire account of what took place.
The way Kennedy put himself on the line for the sake of making peace his first priority.
He was a good man.

a late interest in history

Where does JFK and the Unspeakable rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I am coming very late to this information. As a Canadian who knew when JFK died, I did not really follow the intrigue over the next many years. This is an amazing history of conspiracy, intrigue, and deception....not the finest example of the USA leadership ...on the part of the CIA. I really appreciated learning about JFK's turn to peace with Russia and Cuba. If he had not been assassinated (by CIA plot) the world would be a different place As a Canadian, I am a strong supporter of my American friends and neighbours ....but it is time to be realistic and take ownership of the issues. The most recent is the incredibly stupid but powerful NRA lobby - get a grip Americans.
EB

What did you like best about this story?

the story itself

Have you listened to any of Pete Larkin’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Conspiracy in America

Any additional comments?

A great read

JFK and the Unspeakable is a book that is enlightening and well worth the cost.

I ordered the book through Audible to revisit the account by James Douglass to remind myself of the what possibly happened to a president of the United States that I remember being killed during my eight grade.

I had read the book when it came out and am waiting for the other two books on assassination of his brother and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X.

The USA has been portrayed by "history books" as being a government that was inspired by Judea-Christian morals, and principles, but Mr. Douglass exposes what the CIA and the FBI, groups that are immune from accounting for their actions.

So much to say about "The Unspeakable"

More than anything, this fine work gives historical context amid the detail of the conspiracy to kill our president. It sharply frames a changing leader, becoming an altruistic thinker, shedding his previous thinking and listening to his enemies. The unfortunate result of his peaceful incarnation, as Douglas' work shows, was his downfall as those Kennedy had under him undermined and eventually overwhelmed his idealistic turn.

JFK and the Unspeakable is a fine book which any JFK or JFK assassination enthusiast can enjoy (if one can do so with the subject). It is a new kind of JFK book; a hybrid of historic juxtaposition of Kennedy vs the world against him. I was most impressed that the assassination detail never pandered to the lone assassin theories, as that postulation is so out of date since the declassification of documents in the last 25 -30 years. The overwhelming evidence clearly represents itself. The Oswald double is particularly intriguing....

This book is worth every cent. Hopefully you will enjoy it. warning: the book does not try to solve anything nor break new ground. It simple and elegantly shows a great man becoming greater, cut down by his own supporting elements.

great read. so many truths.

the back story of the jfk assassination. Better read than most of history books today.

Most Important Book Ever on Post WWII US History.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

YEEESSSSSSS! Larkin reads it perfectly.

What other book might you compare JFK and the Unspeakable to and why?

Emma

Layered complexity handled with unique deftness

What about Pete Larkin’s performance did you like?

His voice and pace.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Footnotes to a coup

military industrial complex and CIA did it !!

JFK wanted peace but died a martyr in the hands of them. it goes in deep to the point it makes so much sense why the cia is taking so long release them files of the assassination!

tragic but uplifting

The story of JFK that should be told as the official history. JFK fought for Peace during his presidency and died for it. An example to all.