James W. Douglass | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Santa Clara University |
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| Notable work | JFK and the Unspeakable (2008) |
| Spouse | Shelley Douglass |
| Awards | Pacem in Terris Award (1997) |
James W. "Jim" Douglass (born 1937) is an American author, activist, Christian theologian, and investigative journalist.[1] He is a graduate of Santa Clara University. He and his wife, Shelley Douglass, founded the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, Washington, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1997 the Douglasses received the Pacem in Terris Award.
Douglass's best-known work is JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. Published in 2008 by Orbis Books, it was the result of over a decade of research and writing. After receiving favorable publicity on TV, the book briefly reached Amazon.com's Top 100.[2] Douglass's thesis in the book is that the Kennedy assassination was the work of a conspiracy, ordered by unknown parties and carried out by the CIA with help from the Mafia and elements in the FBI, to halt Kennedy's effort to end the Cold War after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Touchstone Books, a former imprint of Simon & Schuster, issued a paperback version in 2010.