Author: AYTON, MEL
Title: The Forgotten Terrorist : Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy / Mel Ayton
Description: Washington. D. C. : Potomac Books 2007. First Edition. Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 seemed like it should be an open-and-shut case. Many people crowded in the small room at Los Angeles's famed Ambassador Hotel that fateful night and saw Sirhan Sirhan pull the trigger. Sirhan was also convicted of the crime and still languishes in jail with a life sentence. However. conspiracy theorists have jumped on inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimony and alleged anomalies in the forensic evidence to suggest that Sirhan was only one shooter in a larger conspiracy. a patsy for the real killers. or even a hypnotized assassin who did not know what he was doing (a popular plot in Cold War'era fiction. such as The Manchurian Candidate). Mel Ayton profiles Sirhan and presents a wealth of evidence about his fanatical Palestinian nationalism and his hatred for RFK that motivated the killing. Ayton unearths neglected eyewitness accounts and overlooked forensic evidence and examines Sirhan's extensive personal notebooks. He revisits the trial proceedings and convincingly shows Sirhan was in fact the lone assassin whose politically motivated act was a forerunner of present-day terrorism. The Forgotten Terroristis the definitive book on the assassination that rocked the nation during the turbulent summer of 1968. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 335 pages; Description: xii. 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index. Subjects: Kennedy. Robert F.(1925-1968) --Assassination --Sirhan. Sirhan Bishara (1944-) --Assassins --Terrorists --Biography.Weight in Kg appr.:

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