Table of Contents

Introduction
1.  Castro, Oswald, and Kennedy
2.  The Bay of Pigs
3.  Mongoose
4.  Missile Crisis
5.  The Brigade
6.  Fidel and Hidell
7.  Oswald in New Orleans
8.  Assassins and Spies
9.  AMLASH
10.  Mexico City
11.  Hubris
12.  Carpe Diem
13.  The Plot Accelerates
14.  The Last Weekend
15.  A Barrier Once Removed
16.  John Kennedy and the Rogue Elephant
17.  Washington, Paris, and Dallas
18.  November 22, 1963, in Dallas
19.  November 22, 1963, in Other Cities
20.  The Days After
21.  An Investigation Hobbled from the Start
22.  The Investigation Sputters On
23.  Regime Change
24.  The Warren Report
25.  The Never-Ending Investigations
26.  John Kennedy and the CIA
27.  Lyndon Johnson and the CIA
Appendix A.  Where It Might Have Led
Appendix B.  Richard Helms's Testimony on the Assassination Investigation
Appendix C. Sources and Secret Files
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

James H. Johnston is a lawyer, writer, and historian in Washington DC. He is the coauthor of The Recollections of Margaret Cabell Brown Loughborough: A Southern Woman’s Memories of Richmond, VA, and Washington, DC, in the Civil War and the author of From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family.
 

Reviews

"Murder, Inc. is an outstanding, well-researched probe that holds many questions, unexpected findings, and evidence-based examination of not just JFK's operations, but the CIA's involvements overseas. It should be in collections strong in JFK and political history alike."-Diane Donovan, Donovan's Bookshelf "Anybody who has even a vague interest in the JFK assassination mystery will be delighted to read this well-polished prose."-Pennsylvania Literary Journal “The Cold War is often celebrated as a great Western victory that was won without firing a shot. James Johnston’s extensive research and exceptional writing reminds us that a lot of shots were fired. This important story contains lots of lessons learned for Americans honest enough to read and remember its details.”-Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senator from Nebraska “Many an author has entered the historical thicket that surrounds John F. Kennedy and his administration's adventures in Cuba. None, however, match James Johnston’s thoroughness of research, lucid writing, and balanced assessment of the president’s obsession and its haunting implications.”-Loch K. Johnson, author of Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States “James Johnston offers a thorough analysis of the newly released JFK assassination papers. Readers may draw their own conclusions, but one lesson is clear: the American intelligence community must always strive to be transparent and maintain the public’s trust.”-David L. Boren, former U.S. senator and president emeritus of the University of Oklahoma