Brothers in Arms: The Kennedys, the Castros, and the Politics of Murder

Brand: Bloomsbury USA

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UPC:
9781596915329
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
10/28/2008
Release Date:
10/28/2008
Author:
Gus Russo;Stephen Molton
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

A groundbreaking new reporting of the historical drama linking the Kennedys and the Castros that sheds new light on the JFK assassination.

Using breakthrough reporting and interviews with long-silent sources, Russo and coauthor Stephen Molton have crafted a dramatic retelling of the time before, during, and after the Kennedy killing. The book centers on the two opposed sets of brothersthe Kennedys and the Castroswho collectively authored one of modern history's most dangerous, and tragically ironic, chapters. Bobby Kennedy pushed for the murder of Fidel Castro and instead got the death of his beloved brother, a psychic blow from which he himself never recovered. Lee Harvey Oswald killed an admired president and traumatized a nation, but in so doing may have prevented a third world war.

Built on thirty years of intense researchincluding discoveries so significant that they have rekindled CIA and State Department interest in the Kennedy assassinationBrothers in Arms is a vivid, character-driven, almost cinematic narration of a singularly fascinating time. For neophytes, it is the most accessible and informed single volume on the assassination. For the many readers fascinated by this story, it provides extraordinary new facts that will force a reconsideration of how and why the Kennedy murder came to pass.