Murder, Inc. : The CIA Under John F. Kennedy by James H. Johnston (2022, Trade Paperback) online kaufen

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PublisherPotomac Books, Incorporated

ISBN-101640125094

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Book TitleMurder, Inc. : the Cia under John F. Kennedy

Number of Pages364 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, History & Theory, American Government / General

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorJames H. Johnston

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight19 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Reviews"Anybody who has even a vague interest in the JFK assassination mystery will be delighted to read this well-polished prose."-- Pennsylvania Literary Journal, " Murder, Inc. is an outstanding, well-researched probe that holds many questions, unexpected findings, and evidence-based examination of not just JFK's operations, but the CIA's involvements overseas. It should be in collections strong in JFK and political history alike."--Diane Donovan, Donovan's Bookshelf, "The Cold War is often celebrated as a great Western victory that was won without firing a shot. James Johnston's extensive research and exceptional writing reminds us that a lot of shots were fired. This important story contains lots of lessons learned for Americans honest enough to read and remember its details."--Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senator from Nebraska, "James Johnston offers a thorough analysis of the newly released JFK assassination papers. Readers may draw their own conclusions, but one lesson is clear: the American intelligence community must always strive to be transparent and maintain the public's trust."--David L. Boren, former U.S. senator and president emeritus of the University of Oklahoma, "Many an author has entered the historical thicket that surrounds John F. Kennedy and his administration's adventures in Cuba. None, however, match James Johnston's thoroughness of research, lucid writing, and balanced assessment of the president's obsession and its haunting implications."--Loch K. Johnson, author of Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Castro, Oswald, and Kennedy 2. The Bay of Pigs 3. Mongoose 4. Missile Crisis 5. The Brigade 6. Fidel and Hidell 7. Oswald in New Orleans 8. Assassins and Spies 9. AMLASH 10. Mexico City 11. Hubris 12. Carpe Diem 13. The Plot Accelerates 14. The Last Weekend 15. A Barrier Once Removed 16. John Kennedy and the Rogue Elephant 17. Washington, Paris, and Dallas 18. November 22, 1963, in Dallas 19. November 22, 1963, in Other Cities 20. The Days After 21. An Investigation Hobbled from the Start 22. The Investigation Sputters On 23. Regime Change 24. The Warren Report 25. The Never-Ending Investigations 26. John Kennedy and the CIA 27. Lyndon Johnson and the CIA Appendix A. Where It Might Have Led Appendix B. Richard Helms's Testimony on the Assassination Investigation Appendix C. Sources and Secret Files Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisLate in his life, former president Lyndon B. Johnson told a reporter that he didn't believe the Warren Commission's finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President John F. Kennedy. Johnson thought Cuban president Fidel Castro was behind it. After all, Johnson said, Kennedy was running "a damned Murder, Inc., in the Caribbean," giving Castro reason to retaliate. Murder, Inc. , tells the story of the CIA's assassination operations under Kennedy up to his own assassination and beyond. James H. Johnston was a lawyer for the Senate Intelligence Committee in 1975, which investigated and first reported on the Castro assassination plots and their relation to Kennedy's murder. Johnston examines how the CIA steered the Warren Commission and later investigations away from connecting its own assassination operations to Kennedy's murder. He also looks at the effect this strategy had on the Warren Commission's conclusions that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and that there was no foreign conspiracy. Sourced from in-depth research into the "secret files" declassified by the JFK Records Act and now stored in the National Archives and Records Administration, Murder, Inc. is the first book to narrate in detail the CIA's plots against Castro and to delve into the question of why retaliation by Castro against Kennedy was not investigated.

LC Classification NumberJK468.I6J628 2022