Ultimate Sacrifice John and Robert Kennedy, the Plan for a Coup in Cuba, and the Murder of JFK

by Waldron, Lamar; Hartmann, Thom

• ISBN13: 9781582434230
• ISBN10: 1582434239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

A landmark in historical research, tying the Mafia and Cuba to the assassination of JFK—updated to reveal the role of Cuban Commander Juan Almeida.

Recent revelations by the U.S. government point to Cuba’s former number three official—Commander Juan Almeida—as secretly working with President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 to overthrow Fidel Castro. This updated edition of Ultimate Sacrifice tells the full story for the first time—complete with new photos and documents. The authors obtained the story from almost two dozen associates of John and Robert Kennedy, starting in 1990 with JFK’s Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Their accounts are supported by thousands of newly released files at the National Archives.

A “palace coup,” set for December 1, 1963, was to be backed up by U.S. forces “invited” in by Commander Almeida, then Chief of the Cuban Army. However, three Mafia bosses being targeted by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy used several CIA assets to infiltrate the secret plot and murder JFK. The new edition explains why Almeida was not a double agent, why Fidel suspected Almeida’s ally Che Guevara, and what Fidel did in 1990 when he finally found out about Almeida’s work for JFK.

“How well do the authors make their case? With a relentless accumulation of detail, a very thorough knowledge of every political and forensic detail and the broad perspective of historians rather than assassination theorists.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“At last, the mysteries surrounding JFK’s death are fully explained by the startling revelations in this book.” —William W. Turner, former FBI agent and author of Deadly Secrets

Author Biography

Lamar Waldron's groundbreaking research has been cited in media outlets ranging from Vanity Fair and The New Republic to the History Channel and USA Today. His work has been acknowledged by authors such as Anthony Summers and Gus Russo, historians like Dr. John Newman and John H. Davis, and former goverment investigators Gaeton Fonzi and FBI veteran WIlliam Turner. Waldron received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Georgia State University and lives in Atlanta.

Thon Hartmann is the award–winning, best–selling author of fourteen books currently in print in over a dozen languages. An internationally known speaker, his most recent books are The Edison Gene, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Unequal Protection, We the People: A Call to take Back America, and What Would Jefferson Do? His nationally syndicated radio show is currently on Air America and Sirius Satellite Radio.

Table of Contents

The Final Piece of the Puzzle: New Revelations and Overview	p. 1
The Cuban Missile Crisis Leads to C-Day	p. 27
Harry Williams and Commander Almeida	p. 35
The C-Day "Plan for a Coup in Cuba"	p. 53
AMWORLD: The CIA's Portion of C-Day	p. 67
The Kennedys Keep Control: Vance, Haig, and Califano	p. 79
Harry Williams, RFK, and Almeida	p. 93
The "Plan for a Coup in Cuba" on December 1,1963	p. 100
The Cuba Contingency Plans	p. 115
"Playing with Fire"	p. 127
The Countdown for C-Day Begins: November 22, 1963	p. 141
Harry Williams and the Cuban Exiles	p. 152
Manuel Artime: Conspiratorial Tranquility	p. 161
Manolo Ray: Integrity Makes Him a Target	p. 174
Eloy Menoyo: Targeted by Trafficante	p. 181
Tony Varona: Selling Out to Rosselli and Trafficante	p. 194
Cuban-American Troops at US Military Bases	p. 204
Almeida and Che: Disaffected Revolutionaries	p. 209
The Other Plots Against Castro	p. 225
US "Assets into Cuba"	p. 240
The Chicago and Tampa Assassination Attempts and C-Day	p. 246
Did Bobby Feel Responsible?	p. 260
Infiltrating C-Day: Banister and Ferrie; Martino and Cain	p. 271
Marcello, Trafficante, and Rosselli	p. 285
Ruby, Hoffa, Heroin, and Gunrunning	p. 299
Nixon, Havana, and Assassinating an Attorney General	p. 307
Guatemala: The Mafia Assassinates a President	p. 315
The Kennedys Go on the Attack	p. 321
Ruby, the Mafia, and the CIA Help Castro	p. 327
1959: CIA-Mafia Plots and Coup Attempts	p. 335
The CIA Turns to Hoffa	p. 346
Menoyo, Morales, and Phillips Plan a Coup	p. 362
Ruby Visits Trafficante; the Kennedys and "Jack La Rue"	p. 375
September 1959: Artime, Varona, and Ruby Target Castro	p. 392
1960 and 1961: New CIA-Mafia Plots, the Bay of Pigs, and Bobby vs. Marcello	p. 406
War Against the Godfathers and Hoffa Targets RFK	p. 419
Shifting the Target to JFK	p. 430
The CIA-Mafia Plots, Operation Mongoose, Invasion Plans, and the Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 440
1963: Targeting Castro while the Mob Targets JFK	p. 449
Someone to Take the Fall: Lee Harvey Oswald	p. 461
Three Oswald Riddles Explained	p. 482
David Atlee Phillips and Fair Play for Cuba, Marcello and Oswald, Oswald and Gilberto Lopez	p. 495
Targeting Harry Williams	p. 505
The French Connection Heroin Network and the Plan to Kill JFK	p. 513
C-Day Explains Four Oswald Mysteries from the Summer of 1963	p. 531
David Atlee Phillips and Oswald's Next Assignment	p. 547
Oswald in Mexico City: A CIA Operation Compromised	p. 561
Fall 1963: Rosselli, Bobby Kennedy, and Ruby	p. 581
More Kennedy Pressure on the Godfathers	p. 588
The Godfathers' Plan to Kill the President	p. 596
Laying the Groundwork for Killing JFK in Chicago	p. 617
The Cuba Contingency Plan and the Phony Cuban Agent	p. 628
Three Weeks Before Dallas: The Chicago Assassination Attempt	p. 641
JFK's Chicago Motorcade: Cancelled at the Last Minute	p. 659
Laying the Groundwork for Killing JFK in Tampa	p. 674
Mid-November 1963: President Kennedy Prepares a Message for Commander Almeida	p. 688
November 18, 1963: The Attempt to Assassinate JFK in Tampa	p. 706
November 19-21: The Mafia Regroups for Dallas	p. 721
November 22: JFK Is Murdered	p. 738
Bobby's Suspicions and C-Day Is Put on Hold	p. 754
Another Mob Hit in Dallas Devastates Bobby	p. 778
Legacy of Secrecy	p. 796
Photo and Document Appendix	p. 829
Acknowledgments	p. 851
Endnotes	p. 857
Index	p. 931
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