Anthony Summers

[Vasilios Vazakas]

Dawn,

In addition to your good points about the limitations of Anthony Summers' revised edition of his book, I would add the following:

It is incumbent on any scholar-researcher to keep abreast of new developments in the field, even if he or she is no longer involved in research. In the case of Anthony Summers, it is clear that he has not taken the time to inform himself of the findings of ARRB and the contributions of countless scholars since the publication of his 1980 book Conspiracy.

Summers is tweaking his outdated book, when it requires a complete re-write, based on the new evidence and discoveries.

There is still value to Summers' Conspiracy, and used copies are available on Amazon starting at $0.54. In the context of all that we know about the JFK assassination today, that is the right price for Summers's book.


James

This is the difference between Summers and an informed researcher like Jim DiEugenio who completely rewrote his 'Destiny Betrayed' based on the latest discoveries and the ARRB. Summers tried to make a quick buck for the 50th, and he repeated the old news about Herminio Diaz being one of the assassins, something that Fabian Escalante had already revealed some years ago. And yet he has the nerve to talk about conspiracy buffs and to tell us that the case cannot be solved.