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The Road to Dallas : The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (536 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039285
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Road to DallasDDC classification:
  • 973.922092
LOC classification:
  • E842
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART 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 -- PART II: LEE HARVEY OSWALD -- 8. A Defector Returns -- 9. The Big Easy -- 10. Oswald Exposed -- 11. The Odio Incident -- 12. Journey to Mexico -- PART 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 -- Conclusion -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: The assassination of President Kennedy was an appalling and grisly conspiracy. Kaiser shows that the events of November 22, 1963, cannot be understood without fully grasping the two larger stories of which they were a part: the U.S. government's campaign against organized crime; and the furtive quest of two administrations to eliminate Castro.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART 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 -- PART II: LEE HARVEY OSWALD -- 8. A Defector Returns -- 9. The Big Easy -- 10. Oswald Exposed -- 11. The Odio Incident -- 12. Journey to Mexico -- PART 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 -- Conclusion -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

The assassination of President Kennedy was an appalling and grisly conspiracy. Kaiser shows that the events of November 22, 1963, cannot be understood without fully grasping the two larger stories of which they were a part: the U.S. government's campaign against organized crime; and the furtive quest of two administrations to eliminate Castro.

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