Edward Jay Epstein


Biography

I studied government at Cornell and Harvard, and received a Ph.D from Harvard in 1973. My master's thesis on the search for political truth ("Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth" and my doctoral dissertation ("News From Nowhere") were both published as books. I taught political science at MIT and UCLA. I have now written 14 books. My website www.edwardjayepstein.com)

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Books

James Jesus Angleton: was He Right    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $4.99 USD. 20970 words. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction.

A new biography of James Jesus Angleton by Edward Jay Epstein that asks the question: was he right after all? Angleton was the legendary head of CIA counterintelligence during most of the Cold War.his rise, fall, and the astounding revelations that emerged in the CIA after his death. Epstein .spent hundreds of hours interviewing him to understand the mind of this unique mind warrior.
The Rockefellers: An EJE Original    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 7560 words. Published on August 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

John D. Rockefeller was the wealthiest man that America had ever know. The Standard Oil trust he created controlled the world's oil (even after it was broken up.) Edward Jay Epstein, author of the prize winning biography of Armand Hammer, now turns to the Rockefeller dynasty that produced Governors, Senators, and even a Vice President of the United States.
Tabloid America: Crimes of the Press: An EJE Original    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 3750 words. Published on August 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein, who has established new standards of investigative press criticism in his books News From Nowhere, Between Fact and Fiction and Myths of the Media, now turns to the tabloidization of the mainstream media in America. In Tabloid America: The Crimes of the Press he describes the tacit partnership between media and perpetrators in four media-proclaimed “crimes of the century."
Crude Cartel: An EJE Original    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 9930 words. Published on August 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein, who previously exposed the workings of the De Beers cartel in his classic book "The Rise and Fall of Diamonds," now turns to the crude cartel that dominated the world oil business for the past century.
Killing Castro: An EJE Original    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 24210 words. Published on August 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein did ground breaking interviews with members of the Warren Commission for his undergraduate thesis on how the government seeks truth (later published as the best-seller Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth.). What no one knew then was that on the day of the assassination on November 22,1963 the CIA was sponsoring its own jackal to kill Castro.
Zia's Crash    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 4400 words. Published on July 22, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein's on-site investigation of the murder of President Zia. A Story of sabotage, terrorism, and cover up in Pakistan.
Jim Garrison's Game: An EJE Single    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 11130 words. Published on July 22, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein's investigation of Jim Garrison, the DA who tried to crack the JFK assassination. Epstein went to New Orleans for a month for the New Yorker to watch Garrison as he developed his case.
Who Killed God's Banker?: An EJE Single    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 7190 words. Published on July 19, 2011. Nonfiction.

Roberto Calvi was found hanged under a bridge in London. He was the Vatican banker. Edward Jay Epstein explores the mystery of who killed him.
Myths of the Media: An EJE Single    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $3.99 USD. 22340 words. Published on July 19, 2011. Nonfiction.

Seven investigative essays by Edward Jay Epstein including his classic essay on the myths of the Black Panthers, the Watergate exposé, and the fake heroin epidemic.
Armand Hammer, The Darker Side: An EJE Single    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 9230 words. Published on July 19, 2011. Nonfiction.

A look into the darker side of tycoon Armand Hammer. Dr. Hammer was a man skilled in bribing world leaders and collecting old masters and young mistresses.
The JFK Assassination Theories    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $4.99 USD. 12340 words. Published on June 27, 2011. Nonfiction.

Although many continue to come into being, this EJE Single explores a sufficient list of the theories of John F Kennedy's assasssination. Author Edward Jay Epstein, originally intending to write an article on the Warren Commission for Esquire, has created a brilliant taxonomy exploring the many theories of the assassination of JFK.
Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $6.99 USD. 93650 words. Published on June 8, 2011. Nonfiction.

Edward Jay Epstein's investigation of how the Nixon administration attempted to use drug control policy to create a secret police.
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? And Other Investigations of the Diamond Trade    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $3.99 USD. 16140 words. Published on June 3, 2011. Nonfiction.

Five essays by Edward Jay Epstein on the international diamond cartel including the investigation that appeared in the Atlantic "Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?"
The Rise and Fall of Diamonds    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $6.99 USD. 79140 words. Published on June 3, 2011. Nonfiction.

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An investigation by Edward Jay Epstein into the De Beers cartel and the fantastic machine that created the illusion that diamonds are forever.

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