Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

1648 Pages·2007·7.45 MB·English

by  Vincent Bugliosi

RECLAIMING
HISTORY
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RECLAIMING HISTORY
THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
W. W. NORTON & COMPANY NEW YORK • LONDON
Copyright © 2007 by Vincent Bugliosi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bugliosi, Vincent.
Reclaiming history: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy / Vincent
Bugliosi.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-0-393-07212-9
1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Assassination. 2. Oswald,
Lee Harvey. 3. Conspiracies—United States. I. Title.
E842.9.B84 2007
973.922092—dc22
2007001545
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To the historical record, knowing that nothing in the present can exist without
the paternity of history, and hence, the latter is sacred, and should never be
tampered with or defiled by untruths.
Contents
Dedication
Introduction
BOOK ONE
Matters of Fact: What Happened
Four Days in November
The Investigations
President Kennedy’s Autopsy and the Gunshot Wounds to Kennedy and
Governor Connally
The Most Famous Home Movie Ever, the “Magic Bullet,” and the Single-Bullet
Theory
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald’s Ownership and Possession of the Rifle Found on the Sixth Floor
Identification of the Murder Weapon
Oswald at the Sniper’s Nest and “Evidence” of His Innocence
The Grassy Knoll
A Conversation with Dr. Cyril Wecht
Secret Service Agents on the Grassy Knoll
The Zanies (and Others) Have Their Say
Other Assassins
Motive
Summary of Oswald’s Guilt
BOOK TWO
Delusions of Conspiracy: What Didn’t Happen
Introduction to Conspiracy
History of the Conspiracy Movement
Mark Lane
Mysterious and Suspicious Deaths
The Second Oswald
David Lifton and Alteration of the President’s Body
Ruby and the Mob
Organized Crime
CIA
FBI
Secret Service
KGB
Right Wing
LBJ
Cuba
The Odio Incident and Anti-Castro Cuban Exiles
Cover-Up by the CIA and FBI in the Warren Commission’s Investigation of the
Assassination
Jim Garrison’s Prosecution of Clay Shaw and Oliver Stone’s Movie JFK
Conclusion of No Conspiracy
BOOKENDS
The Murder Trial of Jack Ruby
A Conversation with Marina
The People and Groups Involved in the Plot to Kill Kennedy
Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidences
Epilogue
In Memoriam

Abbreviations Used for Citations
Acknowledgments
Bibliography