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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812950303321

Autore

Johnston James H. <1944->

Titolo

Murder, Inc : the CIA under John F. Kennedy / / James H. Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Lincoln, Nebraska] : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2019]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©[2019]

ISBN

1-64012-216-8

1-64012-214-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 pages)

Disciplina

327.1273009/046

Soggetti

Assassination - United States - History

Intelligence service - United States - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations 1961-1963

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Castro, Oswald, and Kennedy -- The Bay of Pigs -- Mongoose -- Missile crisis -- The brigade -- Fidel and Hidell -- Oswald in New Orleans -- Assassins and spies -- Amlash -- Mexico City -- Hubris -- Carpe diem -- The plot accelerates -- The last weekend -- A barrier once removed -- John Kennedy and the rogue elephant -- Washington, Paris, and Dallas -- November 22, 1963, in Dallas -- November 22, 1963, in other cities -- The days after -- The investigation, what's in a name -- The investigation sputters on -- Regime change -- The Warren Report -- The never ending investigations -- John Kennedy and the CIA -- Lyndon Johnson and the CIA -- Appendix A. Where it might have led -- Appendix B. Richard Helms testimony on the assassination investigation -- Appendix C. Sources and secret files.

Sommario/riassunto

"A chronological narrative of the CIA's assassination operations during the Kennedy Administration"--