Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination by Lamar Waldron, Thom Hartmann, Thom Hartmann
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- Pub. Date: November 2008
- 864pp
- Sales Rank: 20,678
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- Pub. Date: November 2008
- Publisher: Counterpoint
- Format: Hardcover, 864pp
- Sales Rank: 20,678
- ISBN-13: 9781582434223
- ISBN: 1582434220
Synopsis
The rifle fire in Dallas that killed John F. Kennedy didn’t just start a frantic effort to find his assassins. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by officials like Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Helms to hide U.S. plans to invade Cuba with the secret help of Cuba's Army Commander, Juan Almeida. Cover-ups by top U.S. officials prevented World War III, but also prevented a full investigation of JFK’s assassination, spawning a tragic legacy of secrecy.
Extensively documented and based on exclusive interviews and newly declassified files from the National Archives, this updated and expanded edition of Legacy of Secrecy details the full story behind Mafia godfather Carlos Marcello's confession to JFK's murder; new evidence about the assassination of Martin Luther King, including ties between James Earl Ray and Marcello, who "brokered" the hit for a Georgia white supremacist; and fresh information about Robert Kennedy’s murder, including the criminal ties of Sirhan and his two mob attorneys.
The long shadow of secrecy surrounding both JFK’s murder and the coup plan ultimately set the stage for the Watergate break-in. It drove Richard Nixon from office, triggered the murders of five Congressional witnesses, and continues to impact U.S.-Cuba relations today.
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The Legacy of Secrecy: A Reviewby mstonemd
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August 27, 2009: This is a brilliant 5-star book that surpasses all the previous books about the assassination of JFK (and also about Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King). And that puts this book at the head of a very big library indeed. The research is exhaustive, and leaves the readr convinced about the primary role of the Mafiosi: Carlos Marcello (New Orleans), Santos Trafficante (Tampa), and Johnny Roselli (Chicago) - with the collusion of the CIA, FBI, and blessings of Hoover - in the plot to get rid of the president - so that his brother, Robert, would no longer have the power to interfere with (let alone damage) the power of the Mafia. The cast of characters is very large (I made a spreadsheet so I could remind myself of all the interconnections among the key players)and the book is long - and takes a bit of perseverance to see it through to the finish. But the task is well worth the effort. What we always felt about the shots coming from the grassy knoll (and not from Oswald) and about the cover-up staged by the Warren Commission - emerge as all too true. Scary to think our wonderful country could descend to such skulduggery. I'd feel better if the New York Times had the "cojones" to acknowledge the truths in this book, but I am getting on in years and I don't think I'll live to see that. Maybe my gradnkids.
Michael H Stone, MDI'm not surprised...by Anonymous
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March 31, 2009: when it came around to shutting up DA Garrison.After JFK's assasination, the media shut him up not allowing his investigation to be out in the public.Ultimately,I came to a grim conclusion that this author needs to write another book about LBJ prior to being in the 1960 presidential race.
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