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Coup d'Etat in America: The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
A documented presentation of the existing evidence concerning President John F. Kennedy's assassination indicates the involvement of the CIA and three convicted Watergate burglars
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
382 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1975
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March 18, 2014
I have long put off buying a copy of this book, on account of the author. A.J. Weberman has long been linked with rummaging around in the trash cans of Bob Dylan, followed by similar activity with regard to Dylan's son Jakob. All this 'yippie' culture does not give me a warm feeling with regard to the investigation of the JFK assassination. Having said that, I am in total agreement with the book title.
'Coup D'etat in America' was first published in 1975, directly after the Watergate fiasco and Richard Nixon's fall from office. The authors were quick on the case. Two of the Watergate felons were CIA spooks E.Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis/Fiorini. H.R. Haldeman writes in his book 'The Ends of Power' that those Nixon references to 'the Bay of Pigs thing', (in the White House tapes) he (Nixon) was actually referring to the Kennedy assassination. Haldeman also said, "the CIA literally erased any connection between Kennedy's killing and the CIA..." No revelation there then.
The main topic of Weberman and Canfield's work here is sifting through the morass of the 'three tramps'. Their investigations here are quite plausible, in that there were two sets of three. Firstly we have Abrams, Gedney and Doyle joined by Elrod, as per the Lafontaine's 'Oswald Talked'. These men were arrested off the freight cars behind Dealey Plaza and held in jail over the weekend of the assassination. We also have hitman Charles Harrelson in the mix. However, this book puts forward the trio of Hunt, Sturgis and Carswell, all CIA agents, who were also taken off a freight car, they being the subjects of the famous photographs, but not arrested. I have also read that the arresting Dallas Police Officers in these pictures were fake, but they are named in this book.
The updated edition, printed in 1992, covers among other things, Weberman's ability at being sued. His courtroom adversary was none other than E. Howard Hunt! A legal battle that links well with Mark Lane's 'Plausible Denial'.
All in all, a book not to be thrown away in the garbage can.
'Coup D'etat in America' was first published in 1975, directly after the Watergate fiasco and Richard Nixon's fall from office. The authors were quick on the case. Two of the Watergate felons were CIA spooks E.Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis/Fiorini. H.R. Haldeman writes in his book 'The Ends of Power' that those Nixon references to 'the Bay of Pigs thing', (in the White House tapes) he (Nixon) was actually referring to the Kennedy assassination. Haldeman also said, "the CIA literally erased any connection between Kennedy's killing and the CIA..." No revelation there then.
The main topic of Weberman and Canfield's work here is sifting through the morass of the 'three tramps'. Their investigations here are quite plausible, in that there were two sets of three. Firstly we have Abrams, Gedney and Doyle joined by Elrod, as per the Lafontaine's 'Oswald Talked'. These men were arrested off the freight cars behind Dealey Plaza and held in jail over the weekend of the assassination. We also have hitman Charles Harrelson in the mix. However, this book puts forward the trio of Hunt, Sturgis and Carswell, all CIA agents, who were also taken off a freight car, they being the subjects of the famous photographs, but not arrested. I have also read that the arresting Dallas Police Officers in these pictures were fake, but they are named in this book.
The updated edition, printed in 1992, covers among other things, Weberman's ability at being sued. His courtroom adversary was none other than E. Howard Hunt! A legal battle that links well with Mark Lane's 'Plausible Denial'.
All in all, a book not to be thrown away in the garbage can.
March 24, 2025
Interesting but dull read. It read more like a text book of facts than telling why there may be a link between watergate and the JFK assassination.
July 25, 2011
Incredibly detailed information on the life of Oswald. I enjoyed what I read and thought it was good. Some other book came along and seduced me away from this one. I will finish reading Coup D'Etat in America in the near future.
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