(*Rescheduled from March 3rd)

Join us for the launch of Hampstead resident Jack Cheevers nonfiction book Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam, published February 17th, 2026 by Simon & Schuster.

Jack will share the extensive research behind his book, which includes eyewitness interviews and documents acquired through freedom of information requests. He will also read excerpts from his work.

Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session. Books will be available to purchase, and one lucky attendee will win a free copy of the book! Light refreshments will be provided.

About the book from the publisher:

Combining the dark intrigue of a Cold War thriller and the propulsive writing of a novel, Kennedy’s Coup is a landmark work that will change your understanding of America’s involvement in one of the most controversial and consequential wars in our history. Based on a decade of research and writing, enriched by eyewitness interviews and revealing documents obtained through dozens of freedom of information requests, Kennedy’s Coup vividly recreates the Kennedy Administration’s secret encouragement of the fatal 1963 military coup against South Vietnam’s defiant president.

About Jack Cheevers:

Jack Cheevers is the author of Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo, winner of the 2014 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. He worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for twenty-seven years, including stints at the Los Angeles Times, The Oakland Tribune, and the Associated Press and United Press International bureaus in San Francisco. A Massachusetts native, he is a proud graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. He lives on a pond in New Hampshire.