THE STRATEGIES INVOLVED IN PLANNING THE ACTUAL KILLINGS, THE ASSASSINS' PERSONALITIES, THE BACKGROUND ISSUES OF WAR, DEPRESSION, OR RACIAL HATRED FACED BY THE LEADERS THEMSELVES, AND THE NATION'S OFTEN VICIOUS REACTIONS, SHAPED BY FEAR AND ANGER, ARE CHRONICLED IN THIS COLLECTION. THE ATTACKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, JAMES GARFIELD, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, HUEY LONG, JOHN F. KENNEDY, MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, GEORGE WALLACE, AND GERALD FORD ARE EXAMINED. THE AUTHOR ALSO ADDRESSES THE CONTROVERSIES WHICH HAVE SURROUNDED SOME OF THE ASSASSINATIONS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE WARREN REPORT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, THE THEORIES ALLEGING A CONSPIRACY RESPONSIBLE, AND THE DISPUTE OVER THE REAL FACTS IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING KILLING. ALTHOUGH NO ASSASSINATION IS UNCOMPLICATED, THE AUTHOR CONTRASTS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CASE AND DRAWS PARALLELS BETWEEN THEM....MSP