Gerald Posner (Author of Case Closed)

216 ratings | 1 review | avg rating:4.07

more photos (2)

Gerald Posner鈥檚 Followers (280)

Gerald鈥檚 Bookshelves

read (224)
currently-reading (2)
to-read (2)
my-latest-book (1)

Gerald鈥檚 Friends (184)

Jack

14,598 books | 69 friends

Mark

4,463 books | 43 friends

Jennifer (not getting notifications)

1,115 books | 433 friends

Marge Moen

1,898 books | 290 friends

Carley

2,127 books | 204 friends

Isabella

392 books | 27 friends

Jason Korbus

464 books | 52 friends

Michael

3,724 books | 2,059 friends

More friends鈥�

Gerald Posner

欧宝娱乐 Author

Born

San Francisco, The United States

Website

Twitter

Genre

History, Biography, Memoir

Influences

Robert Caro, William L. Shirer, Saul Friedlander, Jason Berry, Gi ...more

Member Since

December 2014

URL

/geraldposner

edit data

Gerald Posner is an award winning journalist, bestselling author and attorney. The Los Angeles Times dubs him "a classic-style investigative journalist." "His work is painstakingly honest journalism" concluded The Washington Post. The New York Times lauded his "exhaustive research techniques" and The Boston Globe talked of Posner's "thorough and hard-edge investigation." "A meticulous and serious researcher," said the New York Daily News.

Posner's first book, Mengele, a 1986 biography of the Nazi "Angel of Death鈥� Josef Mengele, was the result of a pro-bono lawsuit Posner brought on behalf of surviving twins from Auschwitz. Since then he has written ten other books from the Pulitzer Prize-finalist Case Closed, to bestsellers on political assa Gerald Posner is an award winning journalist, bestselling author and attorney. The Los Angeles Times dubs him "a classic-style investigative journalist." "His work is painstakingly honest journalism" concluded The Washington Post. The New York Times lauded his "exhaustive research techniques" and The Boston Globe talked of Posner's "thorough and hard-edge investigation." "A meticulous and serious researcher," said the New York Daily News.

Posner's first book, Mengele, a 1986 biography of the Nazi "Angel of Death鈥� Josef Mengele, was the result of a pro-bono lawsuit Posner brought on behalf of surviving twins from Auschwitz. Since then he has written ten other books from the Pulitzer Prize-finalist Case Closed, to bestsellers on political assassinations, organized crime, national politics, and 9/11 and terrorism. His upcoming God鈥檚 Bankers has spanned nine years of research and received early critical praise.

ohn Martin of ABC News says "Gerald Posner is one of the most resourceful investigators I have encountered in thirty years of journalism." Garry Wills calls Posner "a superb investigative reporter. "Posner, a former Wall Street lawyer, demolishes myths through a meticulous re-examination of the facts," reported the Chicago Tribune. "Meticulous research," Newsday.

Anthony Lewis in The New York Times: "With 'Killing the Dream, he has written a superb book: a model of investigation, meticulous in its discovery and presentation of evidence, unbiased in its exploration of every claim. And it is a wonderfully readable book, as gripping as a first-class detective story."

"What we need is a work of painstakingly honest journalism, a la Case Closed, Gerald Posner's landmark re-examination of the assassination of John F. Kennedy," concluded Joe Sharkey in The New York Times.

Gene Lyons, in Entertainment Weekly: "As thorough and incisive a job of reporting and critical thinking as you will ever read, Case Closed does more than buttress the much beleaguered Warren Commission's conclusion 鈥�.More than that, Posner's book is written in a penetrating, lucid style that makes it a joy to read. Even the footnotes, often briskly debunking one or another fanciful or imaginary scenario put forth by the conspiracy theorists, rarely fail to enthrall...Case Closed is a work of genuine patriotism and a monument to the astringent power of reason. 'A'"

Jeffrey Toobin in the Chicago Tribune: "Unlike many of the 2,000 other books that have been written about the Kennedy assassination, Posner's Case Closed is a resolutely sane piece of work. More importantly, 'Case Closed' is utterly convincing in its thesis, which seems, in light of all that has transpired over the past 30 years, almost revolutionary....I started Case Closed as a skeptic - and slightly put off by the presumptuous title. To my mind historical truth is always a slippery thing. The chances of knowing for sure what happened in any event - much less one as murky as the Kennedy assassination - seem remote. But this fascinating and important book won me over. Case closed, indeed."

Based in the mixed realms of politics, history, and true crime, his articles - from The New York Times to The New Yorker to Newsweek, Time and The Daily Beast - have prompted Argentina to open its hidden Nazi files to researchers; raised disturbing questions about clues the FBI missed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; sparked a reinvestigation of the Boston Strangler; and exposed Pete Rose's gambling addiction, which led to his ban from baseball.

Posner was one of the youngest attorneys (23) ever hired by Cravath, Swaine & Moore. A Political Science major, Posner was a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1975), where he was also a national debating champion, winner of the Meiklejohn Award. At Hastings Law School (1978), he was an Honors Graduate and served as the Associate Executive Editor for the Law Review. Of Counsel to Posner & Ferrar ...more

Ask the Author

Gerald Posner is currently not accepting new questions.

Combine Editions
Gerald Posner鈥檚 books

Average rating: 3.96 · 8,557 ratings · 903 reviews · 22 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK 4.03 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 1993 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mengele: The Complete Story by Gerald Posner (欧宝娱乐 Author), John Ware, Michael Berenbaum (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 1,746 ratings — published 1980 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican 3.98 avg rating — 1,476 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitler's Children: Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders 3.99 avg rating — 1,280 ratings — published 1993 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America 4.19 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power 3.91 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.08 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power--A Dispatch from the Beach 3.51 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Saudi-U.S. Connection 3.79 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11 3.68 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Gerald Posner…

135 posts
Gerald Posner's Blog

Subscribe Free to "Just the Facts with Gerald Posner" for exclusive news and commentary

For the past few months I have been quiet on Blogger since new stories and commentary is on my recently created Substack, "."

Similar to my approach for years on Blogger, I write about an eclectic collection of news and issues.聽

Just the Facts with Gerald Posner

Some of my recent stories, published exclusively on Substack, include:

why marijuana is a Schedu Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on October 21, 2022 17:38

View all 135 posts »

Gerald is Currently Reading

Gerald Posner is currently reading

The Druggist of Auschwitz: A Documentary Novel

by Dieter Schlesak

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jan 04, 2016 09:16AM

Gerald Posner is currently reading

Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America

by Jonathan Darman (欧宝娱乐 Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Feb 07, 2015 01:15PM

rss
Gerald鈥檚 Recent Updates

Gerald Posner has read Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal by Michael D'Antonio	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 28, 2024 05:17AM · like · See a Problem? We鈥檇 love your help. Let us know what鈥檚 wrong with this preview of Mortal Sins by Michael D'Antonio. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you鈥檙e looking for? Preview 鈥� Mortal Sins by Michael D'Antonio <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Gerald's books…

Quotes by Gerald Posner (?)

“In a historic 1933 accord, the Vatican was the first sovereign state to sign a bilateral treaty with Adolf Hitler鈥檚 Third Reich. The Nazis promised to protect Catholics inside Germany in return for the church endorsing Hitler鈥檚 government.”
― Gerald Posner, God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

5 likes

“Eventually 400,000 Germans were sterilized, and the Vatican did not issue a Pastoral Letter against it for another decade, only after the tide of the war had begun to turn against the Nazis).23,I”
― Gerald Posner, God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

4 likes

“A report that studied death certificates from the mid-1980s concluded that 鈥淭he death rate of priests from AIDS is at least four times that of the general population.”
― Gerald Posner, God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

3 likes

See all Gerald Posner's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Book Nook Cafe: 11/22/63 - Stephen King - November 2011	33	72	Nov 23, 2011 06:34AM
Reading Book Club: Gerald Posner, "God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican"	1	5	Feb 02, 2015 05:15AM
The Life of a Boo...: July 2015 Monthly Reading Challenge	80	371	Aug 03, 2015 06:40PM
The Lost Challenges: Hidden Homes	98	115	May 28, 2021 02:19PM
The Lost Challenges: It Couples	184	137	Jan 30, 2022 11:15AM
Libri dal mondo: Libri ambientati a Citt脿 del Vaticano e a San Marino	8	48	Apr 27, 2022 11:51PM

More…

欧宝娱乐

Gerald Posner鈥檚 Followers (280)

Add New
Videos

Gerald鈥檚 Bookshelves

Gerald鈥檚 Friends (184)

Gerald Posner

欧宝娱乐 Author

Ask the Author

Popular Answered Questions

Combine Editions
Gerald Posner鈥檚 books

135 posts
Gerald Posner's Blog

Subscribe Free to "Just the Facts with Gerald Posner" for exclusive news and commentary

Gerald is Currently Reading

rss
Gerald鈥檚 Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview 鈥� Mortal Sins by Michael D'Antonio

Topics Mentioning This Author

recent posts
Gerald鈥檚 Groups

Gerald鈥檚 Friend Comments

Gerald Posner鈥檚 Followers (280)

Gerald Posner

欧宝娱乐 Author

Popular Answered Questions

rssGerald鈥檚 Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview 鈥� Mortal Sins by Michael D'Antonio

Topics Mentioning This Author

rss
Gerald鈥檚 Recent Updates