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22 recorded attempts in 12 years. But is that a lot or not? Do we have comparable lists for Stalin, Mao or FDR? Otherwise it's just a single data point. Thoug

22 recorded attempts in 12 years. But is that a lot or not? Do we have comparable lists for Stalin, Mao or FDR? Otherwise it's just a single data point. Though I'll concede that having the list for him and not others does point to more attempts...

maze-le 7y ago
Fidel Castro is probably the man who survived / foiled the most assassination attempts (with a lot of help of the KGB). /quote estimated the number of assassination schemes or actual attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency to be 638 (according to the Church Committee) /unquote But most of these cases are still shrouded in the veil of secrecy by the intelligence agencies, so there is still a lot of guesswork and substantial amount of secret records involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fidel_Castro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fide...
watwut 7y ago
Nazi regime was relatively short and ended abruptly by the end of war. There is much more evidence available including witnesses.
- scrumper 7y ago
  And most importantly the regime ended without having had the chance to destroy much of its document stash. The Nazis were diligent record-keepers and an absolutely enormous trove of secret files turned up after the war. The best trawl through this marterial is the gargantuan (but highly readable) "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer, an American journalist living in Europe during Hitler's rise to power and the second world war.
  - watwut 7y ago
    William Shirer did not went through all that material. He was journalist and not historian. If you are interested in result of going through all that material, read Richard Evens trilogy.
    - scrumper 7y ago
      I'm confused by that - the book is absolutely crammed with footnotes, references to, and direct quotes from that archive of material. Undeniably, Shirer editorializes - he doesn't write like a historian - but his book is absolutely firmly based on that material. He even says as much in his introduction. But thank you for the other recommendation.

maze-le 7y ago

Fidel Castro is probably the man who survived / foiled the most assassination attempts (with a lot of help of the KGB). /quote estimated the number of assassination schemes or actual attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency to be 638 (according to the Church Committee) /unquote But most of these cases are still shrouded in the veil of secrecy by the intelligence agencies, so there is still a lot of guesswork and substantial amount of secret records involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fidel_Castro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fide...

watwut 7y ago

Nazi regime was relatively short and ended abruptly by the end of war. There is much more evidence available including witnesses.

scrumper 7y ago
And most importantly the regime ended without having had the chance to destroy much of its document stash. The Nazis were diligent record-keepers and an absolutely enormous trove of secret files turned up after the war. The best trawl through this marterial is the gargantuan (but highly readable) "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer, an American journalist living in Europe during Hitler's rise to power and the second world war.
- watwut 7y ago
  William Shirer did not went through all that material. He was journalist and not historian. If you are interested in result of going through all that material, read Richard Evens trilogy.
  - scrumper 7y ago
    I'm confused by that - the book is absolutely crammed with footnotes, references to, and direct quotes from that archive of material. Undeniably, Shirer editorializes - he doesn't write like a historian - but his book is absolutely firmly based on that material. He even says as much in his introduction. But thank you for the other recommendation.