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Author Douglass, James W.

Title JFK and the unspeakable : why he died and why it matters / James W. Douglass.

Imprint Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.1524 D747j 2008    ---  Available
Description xxxi, 510 p. ; 25 cm.
Note "Historian James Douglass proves not only that there was a conspiracy to assassinate JFK, but more importantly (for the first time) explains WHY." --Product Description.
"Douglass presents, brilliantly, an unfamiliar yet thoroughly convincing account of a series of creditable decisions of John F. Kennedy--at odds with his initial Cold War stance--that earned him the secret distrust and hatred of hard-liners among the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the CIA." --Daniel Ellsberg.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-488) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Chronology -- A Cold warrior turns -- Kennedy, Castro, and the CIA -- JFK and Vietnam -- Marked out for assassination -- Saigon and Chicago -- Washington and Dallas -- Appendix. Commencement address at American University (June 10, 1963) by President John F. Kennedy.
Subject Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9781570757556
1570757550

 
    
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