Philip Shenon

In a work of history that will make headlines, NEW YORK TIMES reporter Philip Shenon investigates the investigation of 9/11 and tells the inside story of the most important federal commission since the Warren Commission. Shenon uncovers startling new information about the inner workings of the 9/11 commission and its relationship with the Bush White House. THE COMMISSION will change our understanding of the 9/11 investivation - and of the attacks themselves.

Lenquête explosive qui a réécrit lhistoire de lassassinat le plus mystérieux et controversé du XXe siècle.Depuis près de soixante ans, on ne cesse de sinterroger : le président Kennedy a-t-il été tué

The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy? Did the Warren Commission discover the whole truth of what happened on November 22, 1963?Philip Shenon, a veteran investigative journalist who spent most of his career at The New York Times, finally provides many of the answers. Though A CRUEL AND SHOCKING ACT began as Shenons attempt to write the first insiders history of the Warren Commission, it quickly became something much larger and more important when he discovered startling information that was withheld from the Warren Commission by the CIA, FBI and others in power in Washington. Shenon shows how the commissions ten-month investigation was doomed to fail because the man leading it - Chief Justice Earl Warren - was more committed to protecting the Kennedy family than getting to the full truth about what happened on that tragic day. A taut, page-turning narrative, Shenons book features some of the most compelling figures of the twentieth century-Bobby Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, Chief Justice Warren, CIA spymasters Allen Dulles and Richard Helms, as well as the CIAs treacherous molehunter, James Jesus Angleton.Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to the surviving commission staffers and many other key players, Philip Shenons authoritative, scrupulously researched book will forever change the way we think about the Kennedy assassination and about the deeply flawed investigation that followed.

From the best-selling author and former New York Times investigative reporter, an unprecedented look at the defining struggles of the modern Catholic Church, told through the lives of the last seven popescarrying us from the wake of World War II up through the present day and providing essential context around the most pressing issues faced by Pope Francis"An extraordinary accomplishment: controversial, but crucial for discussions in todays Catholic Church. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the twentieth century. In response, Pope John launched Vatican II, an ecumenical council that summoned hundreds of church leaders to Rome. It marked one of the most progressive turns the Church had taken in centuries: medicine of mercy, as Pope John called it. Yet not everyone in the Church was prepared to accept this modernization. The lines were drawnin a battle that continues to rage into the twenty-first century.In Jesus Wept, Philip Shenon takes us inside the Holy See to reveal its intricacies, hypocrisies, and hidden maneuverings, bringing all the momentous disputes and issues vividly to life: priestly celibacy, birth control, homosexuality, restoring ties with other Christians and Jews, shameful sex abuse crimes, the role of women in the Church.In his rich portrayals of the popes from John to Francis, Shenon draws on research across four continents, including hundreds of interviews and the exhaustive archival material. He also brings to light other key figures in the Church, such as Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, the incredibly powerful, conservative, and staunchly anticommunist director of the Holy Office under Pius XII, who lived proudly by the motto semper idemalways the same. This is a consummate, vibrant history of the modern Church.

El libro que desvela todas las claves del asesinato de Kennedy cuando se cumplen 50 años del magnicidio. La explosiva crónica del asesinato de Kennedy que obligará a reescribir la historia del magnicidio mas famoso del siglo XX. En la primavera de 2008, una tarde a ultima hora, sono el telefono de Phil Shenon en la delegacion en Washington del New York Times. Quien llamaba era un importante abogado que habia empezado su carrera hacia casi medio siglo como un joven investigador en la Comision Warren que investigo el asesinato de Kennedy. "Deberias contar nuestra historia," dijo. "No somos jovenes, pero muchos de los miembros de la comision seguimos vivos, y esta puede ser nuestra ultima oportunidad para contar lo que realmente ocurrio." Asi empezo un trabajo de cinco años para recomponer la historia oculta de la investigacion y mas importante y mas incomprendida del siglo XX. Pero el libro pronto se convirtio en algo mucho mayor: Shenon descubrio que gran parte de la verdad sobre el asesinato del presidente todavia no habia sido contada, y que muchas pruebas habian sido escondidas o destruidas por la CIA, el FBI y otros en lugares de poder en Washington. En el tenso y absorbente libro de Shenon aparecen las figuras legendarias que protagonizaron esa epoca Bobby Kennedy, Jacki Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, el fiscal Warren y los directores de la CIA Allen Dulles y Richard Helms. A partir de cientos de entrevistas y un acceso sin precedentes a los miembros supervivientes de la Comision y a otros protagonistas, el solido y definitivo libro de Philip Shenon cambiara la idea que tenemos del asesinato de Kennedy y de la fallida investigacion que siguio.