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

by Waldron, Lamar

• ISBN13: 9780786718320
• ISBN10: 0786718323
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-17
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Seventeen years in the making-drawing on exclusive interviews with members of the Kennedy administration and of the Kennedy's Cuban inner circle among dozens of others, complementing the information mined from thousands of recently declassified files-Ultimate Sacrifice is a landmark in historical research, compilation, and reporting, meticuloously assembling all of the formely out-of-reach or concealed pieces, to explain for the first time, the full and detailed context which gave rise to the Kennedy assassination. In doing so, authors Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartmann not only shed new light on one of the most tumultuous eras in modern American history, but definitively solve the mystery of its greatest political tragedy.

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

Introduction: The Final Piece of the Puzzle: New Revelations and Overview	1	(26)
PART ONE
The Cuban Missile Crisis Leads to C-Day	27	(8)
Harry Williams and Commander Almeida	35	(18)
The C-Day ``Plan for a Coup in Cuba''	53	(14)
Amworld: The CIA's Portion of C-Day	67	(12)
The Kennedys Keep Control: Vance, Haig, and Califano	79	(14)
Harry Williams, RFK, and Almeida	93	(7)
The ``Plan for a Coup in Cuba'' on December 1, 1963	100	(15)
The Cuba Contingency Plans	115	(12)
``Playing with Fire''	127	(14)
The Countdown for C-Day Begins: November 22, 1963	141	(11)
Harry Williams and the Cuban Exiles	152	(9)
Manuel Artime: Conspiratorial Tranquility	161	(13)
Manolo Ray: Integrity Makes Him a Target	174	(7)
Eloy Menoyo: Targeted by Trafficante	181	(13)
Tony Varona: Selling Out to Rosselli and Trafficante	194	(10)
Cuban-American Troops at US Military Bases	204	(5)
Almeida and Che: Disaffected Revolutionaries	209	(16)
The Other Plots Against Castro	225	(15)
US ``Assets into Cuba''	240	(6)
The Chicago and Tampa Assassination Attempts and C-Day	246	(14)
Did Bobby Feel Responsible?	260	(11)
Infiltrating C-Day: Banister and Ferrie; Martino and Cain	271	(14)
PART TWO
Marcello, Trafficante, and Rosselli	285	(14)
Ruby, Hoffa, Heroin, and Gunrunning	299	(8)
Nixon, Havana, and Assassinating an Attorney General	307	(8)
Guatemala: The Mafia Assassinates a President	315	(6)
The Kennedys Go on the Attack	321	(6)
Ruby, The Mafia, and the CIA Help Castro	327	(8)
1959: CIA-Mafia Plots and Coup Attempts	335	(11)
The CIA Turns to Hoffa	346	(16)
Menoyo, Morales, and Phillips Plan a Coup	362	(13)
Ruby Visits Trafficante; the Kennedys and ``Jack La Rue''	375	(17)
September 1959: Artime, Varona, and Ruby Target Castro	392	(14)
1960 and 1961: New CIA-Mafia Plots, the Bay of Pigs, and Bobby vs. Marcello	406	(13)
War Against the Godfathers and Hoffa Targets RFK	419	(11)
Shifting the Target to JFK	430	(10)
The CIA-Mafia Plots, Operation Mongoose, Invasion Plans, and the Cuban Missile Crisis	440	(9)
1963: Targeting Castro while the Mob Targets JFK	449	(12)
Someone to Take the Fall: Lee Harvey Oswald	461	(21)
Three Oswald Riddles Explained	482	(13)
David Atlee Phillips and Fair Play for Cuba, Marcello and Oswald, Oswald and Gilberto Lopez	495	(10)
Targeting Harry Williams	505	(8)
The French Connection Heroin Network and the Plan to Kill JFK	513	(18)
C-Day Explains Four Oswald Mysteries from the Summer of 1963	531	(16)
David Atlee Phillips and Oswald's Next Assignment	547	(14)
Oswald in Mexico City: A CIA Operation Compromised	561	(20)
Fall 1963: Rosselli, Bobby Kennedy, and Ruby	581	(7)
More Kennedy Pressure on the Godfathers	588	(8)
The Godfathers' Plan to Kill the President	596	(21)
PART THREE
Laying the Groundwork for Killing JFK in Chicago	617	(11)
The Cuba Contingency Plan and the Phony Cuban Agent	628	(13)
Three Weeks Before Dallas: The Chicago Assassination Attempt	641	(18)
JFK's Chicago Motorcade: Cancelled at the Last Minute	659	(15)
Laying the Groundwork for Killing JFK in Tampa	674	(14)
Mid-November 1963: President Kennedy Prepares a Message for Commander Almeida	688	(18)
November 18, 1963: The Attempt to Assassinate JFK in Tampa	706	(15)
November 19--21: The Mafia Regroups for Dallas	721	(17)
November 22: JFK Is Murdered	738	(16)
Bobby's Suspicions and C-Day Is Put on Hold	754	(24)
Another Mob Hit in Dallas Devastates Bobby	778	(18)
Legacy of Secrecy	796	(33)
Photo and Document Appendix	829	(22)
Acknowledgments	851	(6)
Endnotes	857	(74)
Index	931