Murder, Inc.: The CIA Under John F. Kennedy
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by James
H. Johnston (Author)
Late 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.
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“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
(Bob Kerrey 2018-09-17)
“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
(Loch K. Johnson 2018-09-17)
“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
(David L. Boren 2018-09-17)
About the Author
James H. Johnston is a lawyer, writer, and
historian in Washington, DC. He is the coauthor of The Recollections
of Margaret Cabell Brown Loughborough: A Southern Woman’s Memories of Richmond,
VA, and Washington, DC, in the Civil War and the author of From Slave
Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family. His
work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, White
House History, the Legal Times of Washington, American Lawyer.....
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File Size: 1986 KB
Print Length: 354 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1640121552
Publisher: Potomac Books (August 1, 2019)
Publication Date: August 1, 2019
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B07JR4TQCK
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Biography
Jim Johnston is a lawyer, journalist, and lecturer
in Washington DC. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the
Washington Post, White House History, the Howard Law Journal, Legal Times of
Washington, American Lawyer Magazine, Corporate Counsel, and the Maryland
Historical Society Magazine.
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