Expert Pens New Book on Theories Surrounding JFK Assassination

Newswise — Kurtz is available to discuss the various theories of the JFK assassination. While practically every other book takes one side or the other (including Kurtz's first book), this work presents both sides -- the lone assassin Warren Commission thesis and the conspiracy side of the story. The author can discuss the most reliable factual evidence regarding the assassination and deal with some of the primary conspiracy theories.

Kurtz makes it clear that he thinks there was a conspiracy in the assassination and can underline both the logic and the limitations of the major theories about the case. He offers unique interpretations of the physical and forensic evidence of existing areas of controversy.

A chapter in the book is devoted to the mishandling and suppression of evidence, the root of the long-standing lone gunman/conspiracy schism. He maintains that those responsible for the assassination investigation "failed so miserably in their efforts that they would have been laughed off the air if they had been portrayed on any of television's popular 'CSI' series.

Biographical SketchDr. Michael Kurtz is professor of history and dean of the Graduate School at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA, where he teachers courses such as Louisiana History, Crime in American History, and the JFK Assassination. A graduate of Tulane University, he has received the university's President's Awards for Excellence in Research and in Teaching, the Louisiana Historical Association's L. Kemper Williams Prize (twice) for best manuscript in Louisiana history and for best book on Louisiana history.

His books include:"The JFK Assassination Debates: Lone Gunmen versus Conspiracy," 2006, University Press of Kansas"Crime of the Century: The Kennedy Assassination from a Historian's Perspective," 1993"The Challenging of America: 1920 " 1945""Louisiana: A History" (co-author)"Earl K. Long: The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics" (co-author)