I became an expert about the year 1963.
One book that I read stands out in my mind as the best -- Russ Gusso's book Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK. Anyone who wants to read just one book about the assassination should read that book.
Russo argues that:
* Lee Harvey Oswald became informed about the Kennedy Administration's efforts to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.I am not convinced that Oswald's meetings were significant in his motivation to assassinate Kennedy. However, the book largely ignores Oswald's relationship with Russia and correctly focuses on his fantasy about becoming a spy for Cuba.
* While in Mexico City, away from the Cuban embassy, Oswald met with Cubans who probably informed and agitated Oswald about the efforts to assassinate Castro.
* Oswald felt that, by assassinating Kennedy, he was defending and pleasing Castro's government.
* Oswald alone assassinated Kennedy.
* During the investigation of the assassination, some evidence was covered up if it might lead to exposure of the Kennedy Administration's efforts to assassinate Castro.
* In particular, information about Oswald's interactions with Cubans away from the embassy in Mexico City was covered up.
The officials at the top of the CIA and FBI who knew about the efforts to assassinate Castro feared that their investigation would lead to a conclusion that Kennedy was assassinated on Castro's orders because Kennedy had been trying to assassinate Castro. That fear was a significant factor in how the investigation was curtailed.
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Someone who wants to read more than one book should read through David Reitzes' website JFK Online.
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