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by United States. Warren Commission
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The work is the official report of the President’s Commission, commonly known as the Warren Commission, assembled to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It opens with a detailed front matter that explains the footnote system used throughout the volume, followed by a formal letter from the Commission to the President, a foreword by President Lyndon Johnson, and an extensive enumeration of the commission’s members, staff, and the agencies that supplied evidence. The opening pages then trace the immediate aftermath of November 22 1963, Oswald’s arrest, Ruby’s killing of Oswald, and the flood of federal and state investigations, setting the stage for the exhaustive fact‑finding that occupies the rest of the document.
The text is written in the measured, bureaucratic prose of a mid‑1960s governmental inquiry, with a focus on procedural detail, legal terminology, and exhaustive citation of official sources. Readers who appreciate primary‑source history, legal scholars examining the mechanics of a high‑profile investigation, or anyone seeking a comprehensive, contemporaneous account of the national response to Kennedy’s murder will find this report a valuable, if dense, resource.
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Footnote notation: In the original book, the footnote numbering sequence began at “1” in the Foreword and in each Chapter and Appendix. To make these numbers unique in this eBook, they have been modified to include a prefix that identifies the Chapter or Appendix to which they belong, and are enclosed in square brackets, e.g., [F-1], [C5-46], [A12-115]. Simple numbers in square brackets, e.g., [212], were shown that way in the original text. Bottom-of-page footnotes, e.g., [A], were shown as [*] in the original text, but were changed here to sequential letters. In the orignal text, a few missing letters were added in square brackets, e.g., [W]e, and are shown that way here.
Other Notes are at the end of this eBook.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
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