The web

(A work in progress)

 

Introductory material
    Syllabus
    Two defining questions
    Two major hypotheses
    Outline of the web
    Introductory questionnaire

History
    The deed
    WC period
        Formation of the WC
        Pre-WCR reactions
            Reactions of the Center
            Reactions of the Right
            Reactions of the Left
            Counterreactions
        Previous agendas
        The Warren Report
            Reactions to the WR
                Early reactions
                    From the Left
                    From the Right
                    From the Center
                    Defense of the WR
                Later reactions
                    From the Left
                    Defense of the WR
            Soviet fostering of belief in conspiracy?
    HSCA period
        Calls for a new investigation
        Formation of the HSCA
        The HSCA
        The HSCA report
        Reaction to the HSCA report
    Stone JFK period
    ARRB period
        Formation of the ARRB
        The ARRB
        The ARRB Report
        Documents from the ARRB

Issues and evidence
    The back wound
    The head wound
    The throat wound
    The single-bullet theory
    Frontal shot?
    The number of shots
    The famous "lurch"
    Alteration of autopsy materials
    Alteration of the Zapruder film
    Evidence for conspiracy
    Proofs of conspiracy
    Counterviews on conspiracy

Scientific topics
    NAA
    Physics of the head shot
    Acoustics

Critical thinking
    15-20 essays on critical thinking and the JFK assassination

Conspiracy theory
    Definition, characteristics, examples, history
    The paranoid mentality
    What conspiracy theory offers its advocates
    Critique
    CT mentality of JFK conspiracists
    Bibliography

Conspiracy theories
    Two primers on conspiracy theories
    How leading theorists answer the leading questions

The critics
    Bios and selected writings of about 30 WC critics

Higher criticism
    Jeff Schwartz--M.S. thesis on Postmodernism and the JFK assassination
    Catherine Liu--Conspiracy (Theories)
    Roger Gilles--Sophistic Synthesis

People, organizations, web sites

Miscellaneous documents

Miscellaneous images

Assignments and answers

Bibliography

 

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