Murder, Inc. : the CIA under John F. Kennedy

Murder, Incorporated (other title)

Johnston, James H. 1944- (author.).

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

Record details

ISBN: 9781640121553
ISBN: 1640121552
Physical Description: 343 pages ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 -- Thelast 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.