The assassins

By Robert J. Donovan

Subjects: Presidents, History, Assassination attempts, Assassination, President Kennedy, Warren Commission

Description: A study of presidential attacks with the conclusion that the majority are done by loners. Cited by "The New York Tribune," Saturday, November 23, 1963, after the assassination of President Kennedy, to reassure the public and take comfort in the fact that murders of their presidents, in nearly every case, have been crazed individuals. Former head of CIA Allen Dulles, then appointed to the Warren Commission, would carry this book to the first meeting of the commission to share with his fellow commissioners. Later, Donovan would write the introduction for the Popular Library edition of the Warren Commission Report.