Killing the Dream : James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Summary: Another Home-run
Review: Once again, Posner has slam-dunked the conspiracy industry with "Killing the Dream". It's a shame that the reader from New Orleans was not sufficiently entertained, but the truth is seldom as juicy as fiction. While some revisionism is to be expected with the passage of time, we cannot tolerate the brand of "fictionism" practiced by those whose livelihoods are dependent upon crackpot theories. Most of these people advance their causes (and their bank accounts) by omission and even fabrication of small details. Even the most rabid conspiracy buff cannot accuse Posner of that. Excellent Book! (And an exciting read)

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Summary: Predictable Posnerisms
Review: Why am I not surpised at the conclusions that Mr. Posner draws in his new book? This would be an excellent book for the "lone nutter" who is blissfully unaware of any of the facts surrounding King's Assassination . Any reader with even cursory knowledge of this tragic event would be wise to give Mr Posner's most recent "disinformation" a wide berth.

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Summary: another one for the books - awesome
Review: Once again Posner uses his great detective skills. In the same fashion as Case Closed it appears, he first goes over the life of James Earl Ray and then destroys any conspiracy theories (it's actually quite humorous as he shows how these guys contradict themselves). The book is well written and keeps you wanting to dig farther and farther to find the answers. One of my absolute favorites...without a doubt the best book I've read in the last year (excluding Posner's equally great "Case Closed.")

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Summary: EXCELLENT- READS LIKE A NOVEL
Review: A WELL WRITTEN AND DOCCUMENTED ACCOUNT OF VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS. SO WELL WRITTEN THAT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS FACT AND NOT FICTION. CAPTIVATING AND REVEALING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINTS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

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Summary: absolutely a can of whoop, it's great!
Review: "Killing the Dream" is great, and if you don't think so you are nuts. Very similar in style to Case Closed. It's informative, well written, and simply humiliates all conspiracy theorists. It's actually quite funny in parts when you just look at the ridiculousness of many of these theories, and even more gratifying after Posner casually throws them into the garbage. It's easily one of the best reads since Posner's "Case Closed."

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Summary: A Great Read!
Review: I read Posner's Case Closed when it came out, and thought it was ok,but Killing the Dream blew me away. The story of James Earl Ray was much better than Oswald. There is a lot of news here, and it often reads like a novel. Don't miss the footnotes - they have some great info!

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: There's enough information here to make a good "New Yorker" article. Posner has to stretch dreadfully to turn his research into a book. Quite a disappointment after "Case Closed."

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Summary: too many footnotes. would read better w/o the constant refe
Review: Have just gotten into text...I am distrtacted by the constant footnote reference. Would read better w/o that.

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Summary: Questions Answered: LIFE IS GOOD
Review: You might wonder if the author of "Case Closed" deemed it merely obligatory to debunk yet another batch of conspiracy theories, this time surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Not so. Some of the same conspiratorial characters who cascaded in and out of the murky John F. Kennedy tale have transitioned into the Martin Luther King tragedy without so much as a blink of an eye. Gerald Posner takes them on once again with no less fervor and no less a flair for exhaustive research than he did in "Case Closed," the fruits of which are compellingly told to a fact-hungry America. If you're tired of tabloidisms about the Monica Lewinsky/Ken Starr mess, jump right into Gerald Posner's highly readable "Killing the Dream." I loved it. The footnotes themselves are a richly textured book within a book, sprinkles of wisdom delivered with the sledgehammer of truth. In "Killing the Dream" we find that James Earl Ray is not only a petty criminal, he's a jerk (parks his pale yellow Mustang sideways taking up two spaces so as not to expose his precious getaway car to bumps and bruises; a liar ("He was the most reluctant, sarcastic, overbearing liar I ever saw," said Alton police chief Harold Riggins in 1954); and a bigot. And -- you will meet the real Raul in Posner's disturbing account of intrusion on an innocent by sarcastic, overbearing conspiracy buffs. This exceptional book has put the Martin Luther King assassination in proper perspective, elevating it at the same time to its rightful place in history.

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Summary: More Political Propaganda
Review: This book, like Posner's book on The Kennedy Assassination, is one that claims (but fails to) solve the case. Posner's ego aside, this book also mimics the book He did on the Kennedy Assassination because this book, like the Kennedy one, is a book that is long on speculation, long on twisting things to suit his own opinion, but short on facts and short on truths.
This does not serve the readers of his books well, at all.
Then again, Posner cares so little about history that he doesnt even care enough to study the facts of history, so why should we be surprised when he cares less about his readers, and more about getting his name in the "spotlight"?
This book, like Posner's "Case closed" book, fails to close the case....in fact on its absurdity alone, it strengthens the notion that we the people have not been told the truth about the political assassinations that have killed our most talented leaders.
This book, true to Posner's writing style, is all one sided.
It does not consider other possibilities. It just tries to debunk alternative theories, but fails miserably, thus actually giving credence to the alternative theories.
Is this surprising? No. After all does anyone truly believe that this guy, this ONE man has actually solved two of the most mysterious murder cases in U.S. History, while thousands of others have failed? Posner wants us to believe that he has solved the cases that NOBODY else has been able to solve for decades. That alone should make him suspect.
Posner's books are propaganda for the government's "version" of these events (I.E. The version they WANT us to believe). The fact that one of the people who helped Posner to publish his books was once married to the Secretary of James Angleton, the CIA Counterintelligence chief (I.E. Disinformation Chief) should be a signal for people to not be suckered in by this man's books. But, by all means, enjoy them.