Conspiracy (McGraw-Hill paperbacks) by Anthony Summers - 1981-01

New York, Ny: Mcgraw-hill, 1981-01. New. Anthony Summers' comprehensive work on the assassination of JFK is among the top books on the subject, ranking alongside Gaeton Fonzi's "The Last Investigation" The author's voluminous research brings together the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle in a lucid and rare way In a nutshell, the anti-Castro Cuban organizations [CRC, Alpha-66, etc]and their right-wing American supporters [Gerry Patrick Hemming and Interpen, for example], the Mafia [Trafficante, Marcello, Giancana, Roselli], and elements within the CIA [David Atlee Phillips, EHoward Hunt, Theodore Shackley, David Sanchez Morales, William Harvey, etc] and their numerous contract agents [David Ferrie, Guy Banister, Lee Harvey Oswald(?)]were collaborating in an effort to assassinate Fidel Castro and reverse the socialist revolution in Cuba The Mob wanted their gambling casinos back, while the anti-Castro Cubans and the CIA wanted multi-national corporate capitalism back In a classic case of "blowback", the forces working to destroy Fidel and the Cuban Revolution failed in their efforts and subsequently conspired to destroy the man [JFK] they believed responsible for their failure Elements within the CIA, CIA contract agents, Mob and anti-Castro Cubans had the motive, means and opportunity to effectuate the "blowback" assassination of JFK For the meticulously researched details which support this thesis, read Anthony Summers' work: "Conspiracy" It's one of the most well-reasoned and articulate works on the subject of the JFK assassination