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Assume Nothing : Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-be Masters of the Universe by Edward Jay Epstein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Assume Nothing : Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-be Masters of the Universe about?
Curiosity led Edward Epstein to investigate some of the greatest political mysteries of our time, such as the JFK assassination in Dallas, the Vatican banking scandal in Rome, and the diamond cartel in South Africa. Seeking more information, he often found himself a fly on the wall at the highest reaches of the establishment, observing how presidents, tycoons, bankers, and media moguls secretly greased the wheels of power. This memoir recounts his life as a pursuer of lost truths. Some accuse Epstein of being a conspiracist, but that is incorrect. He is a puzzle solver. Instead of accepting the received wisdom, he searches for the missing pieces of the picture, such as the autopsy photographs of President John F. Kennedy that were kept from the investigation conducted by the Warren Commission. Finding suppressed or overlooked evidence may result in overturning an established narrative, as happened with the publication of Inquest , Epstein's book about the official probe into the JFK assassination. But that is very different from looking for a conspiracy. Sometimes, Epstein's work has in fact uncovered a deep conspiracy, as with the world diamond cartel. Other times, it has discred
Who reads Assume Nothing : Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-be Masters of the Universe?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edward Jay Epstein
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781641772952
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Memoir
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