Josh Mensch is a New York Times bestselling author and documentary television producer with a focus on American history and culture. 

 

Josh is the author of four critically acclaimed nonfiction books about American history: the New York Times #3 bestselling The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy - and Why it Failed (Flatiron Books, 2025); the New York Times #4 bestselling The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill (Flatiron Books, 2023); the New York Times #6 bestselling The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President—and Why It Failed (Flatiron Books, 2020); and the New York Times #2 bestselling The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Flatiron Books, 2019). All four books were written with award-winning author Brad Meltzer. Learn more about Josh Mensch here.

 

Book Cover of “The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy - and Why it Failed” by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, featuring an image of John F. Kennedy obscured by black and silver

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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy - and Why it Failed

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.