My new book, "Into the Nightmare"

[Tracy Riddle]

A few months back on this forum I took Vince to task vehemently -- some at the time thought violently -- for his ostensibly long-concluded affaire d'amour with Bugliosi and a lesser known, not-quite-public dalliance with Gerald Posner. In speculating on the motivations for such perfidy, I drew attention to Vince's narcissism (just yesterday, on his Facebook page, he breathlessly noted how many times he is referenced in the McBride book -- a disturbing and too-common behavior exhibited within the contexts of other JFK-related works over the years that cannot be explained as a one-off, pre-publication book promotion tactic). And I did not write off the possibility that darker agendas were at play.

A good point. He does seem to review books that mention him somewhere in the text (even just the footnotes or bibliography). "Brothers" drops his name on one page, so he left one of his instant reviews on Amazon. "Breach of Trust" doesn't mention him, so he didn't review this truly great book.

Anyway, I'm done griping about him. It just annoys me how often I come across his self-promotion on the internet. This subject is not a parlor game, or a chance to build your career on the History Channel.

[Charles Drago]

A few months back on this forum I took Vince to task vehemently -- some at the time thought violently -- for his ostensibly long-concluded affaire d'amour with Bugliosi and a lesser known, not-quite-public dalliance with Gerald Posner. In speculating on the motivations for such perfidy, I drew attention to Vince's narcissism (just yesterday, on his Facebook page, he breathlessly noted how many times he is referenced in the McBride book -- a disturbing and too-common behavior exhibited within the contexts of other JFK-related works over the years that cannot be explained as a one-off, pre-publication book promotion tactic). And I did not write off the possibility that darker agendas were at play.

This subject is not a parlor game, or a chance to build your career on the History Channel.

Amen.

[Matthew Poe]

Joseph McBride,

I am excited about your book, given your establishment bona-fides (harder for it to be ignored as serious scholarship) and look forward very much to reading it. I'm sure your methods, as stated here, have availed something new in both uncovering and advancing understanding about the mechanics of the assassination and the conspiracy behind it.
I am quite sure that in his seminal and deeply flawed '65 work "Who Killed Kennedy," Thomas Buchanan named Tippit as one of the shooters. Were you aware of this coincidence? Do you think he had some good information and some disinformation or just playing on a lucky hunch? In case you haven't read Buchanan, writing from Europe as an American emigre, his thesis was that the assassination was a Rightist plot in the Bircher-Dixie-Minuteman mode.

[Anthony Thorne]

Good question Matthew, being pedantic I think Buchanan's book first came out very early (March/April) of '64, just a few months after the assassination itself. I am quite keen to read Joseph's book.

[Allan Peak]

Mr. McBride

Will this book be available in the UK?

Al

PS. Hi forum

[Joseph McBride]

Mr. McBride

Will this book be available in the UK?

Al

PS. Hi forum

Al,

The book is available only through Amazon.com, but the
fulfillment house will ship copies to the UK.

[Cliff Varnell]

Mr. McBride,

As you know, JFK was struck in the throat from the front. The round didn't exit and there was no round recovered during the autopsy.

JFK was struck in the back in the vicinity of his third thoracic vertebra. The round didn't exit and no round was recovered during autopsy.

Do you address this conundrum in your book?

[Joseph McBride]

Mr. McBride,

As you know, JFK was struck in the throat from the front. The round didn't exit and there was no round recovered during the autopsy.

JFK was struck in the back in the vicinity of his third thoracic vertebra. The round didn't exit and no round was recovered during autopsy.

Do you address this conundrum in your book?

Yes, indeed. Clarifying the wounds is essential to showing that
the Warren Report was a sham and that Oswald was scapegoated. And I have a lengthy section on bullets not admitted by the Warren Commission. The bullet
that Alan H. Belmont, assistant director of the FBI, wrote on the night of the assassination was "lodged
behind the president's ear" is one of them. I have a section in INTO THE NIGHTMARE on the Belmont memo, which
alone destroys the Warren Report. I discovered that memo in the mid-eighties, at a time
when it had never been written about. Douglas Horne discusses it in his books, but it is still
rarely discussed. I go into that key piece of evidence in detail and include corroborating information on the fact that Kennedy was struck
by a bullet in the right temple, fired from the Grassy Knoll.

[Matthew Poe]

Joseph McBride,

I want to make clear that I meant no disrespect with regard to mentioning "Who Killed Kennedy?" I have always thought that it made sense Tippitt was involved in the plot on some level. Can I take it from your non response that you weren't aware of the '64 book's claim and it didn't inspire your research? Perhaps I am ignorant and there is a long tradition of suspicion falling on Tippitt.

If you don't reply I still am ordering your book and look forward to reading it. I have your Capra book and found the research masterful.

[Joseph McBride]

I am going to be interviewed by Kennedy assassination and deep politics expert Len Osanic on his Black Op Radio show tonight (Thursday, July 25), about my new book, INTO THE NIGHTMARE: MY SEARCH FOR THE KILLERS OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AND OFFICER J. D. TIPPIT. The show runs from 6 to 7:30 PM PST, 9-10:30 EST. It is also archived.