BERKLEY PROFESSOR PETER DALE SCOTT
DEEP STATE ASSASSINATIONS: JFK CIA & COVERT OPS!
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Deep Politics and the Death of JFK
Scott's Deep Politics and the Death of JFK was published in
1993 University of California Press.[15] Promotional reviews of the book were
provided by Bruce Cumings, Gaeton Fonzi, and Oliver Stone.[16]
Kirkus Reviews called the book a "[s]taggeringly
well-researched and intelligent overview not only of the JFK assassination but
also of the rise of forces undermining American democracy".[17] The Kirkus
review also described as a "kind of Rosetta stone for cracking open the
deepest darkness in American politics."[17] Publishers Weekly said that
Scott's "thoughtful, extremely (and sometimes excessively) detailed book
promises more than it actually delivers" and that "the 'facts' on
which he relies are often the result of other people's not necessarily accurate
reporting".[15] According to PW, "[t]he book's most useful feature is
a careful discussion of how U.S. Vietnam policy changed abruptly after
Kennedy's death."[15]
In a 2004 review for The Wilson Quarterly, Max Holland wrote
that "Deep Politics is an unreadable compendium of 'may haves' and 'might
haves,' non-sequiturs, and McCarthy-style innuendo, with enough documentation
to satisfy any paranoid."[18] Shortly thereafter, Holland reiterated
similar comments in a second piece written for Reviews in American History and
criticized the University of California Press' editorial committee for
approving the publication of the book: "This peer approval by a major
university press illustrates the boundless and utter disbelief in the Warren
Report that exists even in the highest reaches of the academy, and it also
reveals the gross inattention given to the subject by serious
historians."[19] Scott responded with a letter to the editor stating:
"I was disappointed to see those who have published me attacked vigorously
for doing so by a major historical journal. I continue to believe that it is
the job of the academy to open minds, not to close them."[20]
In 2013, the founder of Salon news website, David Talbot,
included Deep Politics in his list of top seven "best books on the
subject", describing the work as a "masterpiece, a meticulously
detailed examination of the deep network of power that underlies the events in
Dallas.... filled with provocative insights about how the upper circles of U.S.
power actually operate."[21]
