JFK an American coup d'etat : the truth behind the Kennedy assassination : fifty years on, a former British intelligence officer reveals the truth behind the greatest conspiracy of all time

Ever since President John F Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas fifty years ago various theories have swirled around what was a key event in American - and world - history. JFK's death affected the Cold War, Vietnam, and the economic and social history of the United States. Whatever the conclusions of the US official Warren Report - that the President had been assassinated by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald - many people doubt that to be true. Indeed, President Nixon later admitted on tape that the report was 'a hoax committed on the American people.' John Hughes-Wilson, a former colonel in British Intelligence, set out in 2007 to go through the millions of words and thousands of pieces of evidence, to put together an intelligence jigsaw of what really happened that dreadful high noon in Dallas in 1963. The result is a dramatic exposure of what really happened and a clear indication that, while some of the pieces of that jigsaw may be missing, the truth is emerging. While the US Federal Archive still keeps a million documents relating to the case under lock and key, he has uncovered enough information available for us now to see the overall picture. It is beyond reasonable doubt that Jack Kennedy was the victim of a plot to remove the President of the United States. John Hughes-Wilson highlights the facts behind:The myth of 'Camelot'Jack Kennedy's insatiable sex lifeWhy Marilyn Monroe had to be silencedHow the President was blackmailed by J Edgar HooverLBJ's corrupt and murderous secretsHow the Kennedys secretly planned a coup in CubaHow a hero of the revolution wanted to work for the CIAWhy Israel and the White House were openly at loggerheadsMHow the Mafia manipulated politicians and the CIARogue elements in the CIAHow the assassination was covered up- and whyWhat the KGB discovered Reading this book no-one can be in any doubt that JFK's life was not at the hands of a lone deranged gunman, but a deadly plot to remove a President who threatened vested interests at home and abroad. In 1963, and the idea that the President of the United States could be gunned down in broad daylight was almost unbelievable. In America men and women wept openly in the streets for their dead leader. But events soon began to unpick the original version of what happened. It turned out that the official report was little more than a crude government whitewash designed to hide the real truth. Even American Presidents admitted as much. President Nixon memorably confessed in private that the "Warren Report was the biggest hoax ever perpetuated" on the American public. It began to emerge that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald, the original "one nut gunman," may not have acted on his own; others were involved, too. That meant no "lone gunman," but a conspiracy. This book attempts to answer the big question: who really shot JFK? And, more important still, exactly why was he shot? John Hughes-Wilson argues that the murder of John Kennedy was, like the murder of Julius Caesar 2,000 years before, nothing less than a bloody coup d'etat by his political enemies, a conspiracy hell bent on removing a leader who was threatening the power and the money of the ruling establishment. Pointing the finger at Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Mafia, John joins Jackie and Bobby Kennedy in their conclusion that the assassination of JFK was far more complex than a deranged attack by Lee Harvey Oswald, the 24-year-old ex-Marine In 1963, the idea that the President of the United States could be gunned down in broad daylight was almost unbelievable. In America men and women wept openly in the streets for their dead leader. But events soon began to unpick the original version of what happened. It turned out that theaofficial report was little more than a crude government whitewash designed to hide the real truth. Even American Presidents admitted as much. President Nixon memorably confessed in private that the Warren Report was the biggest hoax ever perpetuated on the American public. It began to emerge that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald, the original one nut gunman, may not have acted on his own; others were involved, too. That meant no lone gunman, but a conspiracy. This book attempts to answer the big question: who really shot JFK? And, more important still, exactly why was he shot? John Hughes-Wilson argues that the murder of John Kennedy was, like the murder of Julius Caesar 2,000ayears before, nothing less than a bloody coup dOCO(r)tat by his political enemies, a conspiracy hell bent on removing a leader who was threatening the power and the money of the ruling establishment. Pointing the finger at Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Mafia, John joins Jackie and Bobby Kennedy in their conclusion that the assassination of JFK was far more complex than a deranged attack by Lee Harvey Oswald, the 24-year-old ex-Marine." In 1963, and the idea that the president of the United States could be gunned down in broad daylight was almost unbelievable. In America men and women wept openly in the streets for their dead leader. But events soon began to unpick the original version of what happened. It turned out that the official report was little more than a crude government whitewash designed to hide the real truth. Even American presidents admitted as much. It began to emerge that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald, the original'one nut gunman,'may not have acted on his own; others were involved, too. That meant no'lone gunman,'but a conspiracy. This book attempts to answer the big question: Who really shot JFK? And, more important still, exactly why was he shot? John Hughes-Wilson argues that the murder of John Kennedy was, like the murder of Julius Caesar 2,000 years earlier, nothing less than a bloody coup d'état by his political enemies, a conspiracy hell bent on removing a leader who was threatening the power and the money of the ruling establishment. Pointing the finger at Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Mafia, Hughes-Wilson joins Jackie and Bobby Kennedy in their conclusion that the assassination of JFK was far more complex than a deranged attack by Lee Harvey Oswald, the 24-year-old ex-Marine. Annotation The assassination of John Kennedy was a world-shattering event. The world was a very different place in 1963 and the idea that the President of the United States could be gunned down in broad daylight was almost unbelievable. But events soon began to unpick the original version of events. It turned out that the official report was little more than a crude government whitewash designed to hide the real truth. Even American presidents admitted as much. It began to emerge that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald, the original 'lone nut gunman', may not have acted on his own. This book attempts to answer the big question: who really shot JFK? And, more important still, exactly why was he shot? 14. The Widening Circle15. Planning the Ambush; 16. The Kennedys' Coup in Cuba; PART 4: TO KILL A PRESIDENT; 17. The Road to Dallas; 18. Dallas on the Day; 19. Aftershocks; Photo Gallery; 20. Silent Witnesses - The Wounds; 21. The Voice of the Guns; 22. The Camera Cannot Lie - Can It?; 23. Another 'Shot Heard Round the World'; 24. Officer Tippit; 25. Dead Men Tell No Tales - Lee Harvey Oswald; 26. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - The Curious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald; 27. From a View to a Kill - Jack Ruby and Oswald's Murder; PART 5: THE GREAT COVER-UP; 28. Covering the Tracks Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; A Note on the Sources; Introduction; 1. Prologue: Washington DC, January 1961; 2. The Flawed President; PART 1: JFK'S PROBLEMS; 3. Crooks and Cuba; 4. The Bay of Pigs and Other Crises; 5. All the President's Women; 6. Marilyn Monroe - Anatomy of a Cover-Up; PART 2: JFK'S MANY ENEMIES; 7. Brothers in Arms - The Cuban Exiles and the CIA; 8. JFK versus the Mafia; 9. JFK versus Big Oil; 10. JFK versus the Government of Money; 11. The Problem of LBJ; 12. Israel and her Friends; PART 3: THE PLOT IS HATCHED; 13. The Anti-Kennedy Coalition 29. Warren - and a Whitewash30. Dead Silent?; 31. The Story Unravels and the truth emerges; 32. Who Killed JFK?; 33. How the Deed Was Done; 34. Conclusion; Appendix: CIA Instructions to Media Assets, 1 April 1967; Bibliography; Index