{"product_id":"the-assassination-of-james-forrestal-9780967352121","title":"The Assassination of James Forrestal","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing primarily information provided in the Navys official investigation of the death of Americas first Secretary of Defense  which had been kept secret for 55 years  The Assassination of James Forrestal thoroughly demolishes the widely believed view that Forrestals fall from a 16th-floor window of the Bethesda Naval Hospital on May 22  1949  was an act of suicide. The official report  in fact  did not conclude that Forrestal committed suicide. It concluded only that the fall caused his death and that no one in the U.S. Navy was responsible for it. A major reason why the suicide thesis is still widely believed is that the news of the release of the official report  which the author obtained through the Freedom of Information Act in 2004  has been effectively suppressed. Building upon what he has long made available on his web site  and in the manner of his 2018 book  The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation  co-authored with Hugh Turley  David Martin breaks through the wall of silence and misinformation. This meticulous examination of the violent death of the leading government critic of American support for the creation of the state of Israel is vital to an understanding of U.S. and world history since the mid-20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529590857781,"sku":"ByrdShop_0967352126","price":249.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780967352121.jpg?v=1780938175","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-assassination-of-james-forrestal-9780967352121","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}