I Did It for My Country

In I Did It for My Country, Michael Fischbach examines the complex motivations behind the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. This historical study argues that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant, acted out of anger regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict and Kennedy's support for weapons sales to Israel. Through extensive research into FBI and CIA documents, the author reveals how the political roots of this act were systematically depoliticized by various global powers.

This work of political violence and foreign relations scholarship explores how the assassination escaped true public understanding. Fischbach utilizes primary sources from both United States and Israeli archives to show how media coverage and limited public knowledge obscured the connection to the Palestinian refugee experience. I Did It for My Country, Volume 1, serves as a critical analysis of how international policy blowback can manifest as domestic political violence.