The road to Dallas : the assassination of John F. Kennedy / David Kaiser
- Bib ID:
- 4363082
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kaiser, David E., 1947-
- Description:
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008
- 509 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780674027664
- 0674027663
- Summary:
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"Author David Kaiser argues that President John F. Kennedy's assassination cannot be understood without grasping the two larger stories of which it was a part: the U.S. government's campaign against organized crime and the furtive quest of two administrations to eliminate Fidel Castro." "Kaiser claims that a conspiracy to kill JFK took shape in response to Robert Kennedy's relentless attacks on organized crime. Pushed to the wall, mob leaders found in Lee Harvey Oswald the ideal character to enact their desperate revenge against the Kennedys."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. I. Criminals, Cubans, Kennedys, and the CIA
- 1. Organized Crime in the 1950s
- 2. Castro Takes Power
- 3. The CIA Enlists the Mob
- 4. The Kennedys Take Over
- 5. Operation Mongoose
- 6. Crusaders and Gangsters
- 7. The Mob Enlists the CIA
- Pt. II. Lee Harvey Oswald
- 8. A Defector Returns
- 9. The Big Easy
- 10. Oswald Exposed
- 11. The Odio Incident
- 12. Journey to Mexico
- Pt. III. Converging Paths
- 13. Making Everyone Unhappy about Cuba
- 14. Turning Up the Heat
- 15. Countdown to Catastrophe
- 16. Three Days in November
- 17. Keeping Secrets.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [422]-493) and index.
- Subject:
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2008
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