Destiny Betrayed

JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case

James DiEugenio

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781620870563
• eBook ISBN: 9781620879160
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

• Thrilling and informative guide to the life and death of JFK
• Ideal for fans of In Cold Blood and Oliver Stone's JFK
• Revised and expanded version of DiEugenio's original book

Twenty years ago, before the ages of Obama and Trump, James DiEugenio wrote the first edition of Destiny Betrayed. In this second edition of Destiny Betrayed, he returns to familiar topics and introduces new information. What was the truth, and what were the lies? What were the inside politics of Kennedy's America? This book is an investigative look at these questions and more. The author focuses equally on Kennedy and Garrison, providing a unique insight into the Garrison inquiry.DiEugenio updates all of the topics that he introduced in 1992 with the first edition of Destiny Betrayed. He has used the declassification process of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to gain the most current and accurate information on subjects including Clay Shaw and the Garrison investigation; US-Cuban policy from 1957 to 1963; the newly exposed mistaken beliefs of the Warren Commission; Kennedy's challenge to the Cold War consensus in 1961 and where he came up with that challenge; and more. The author primarily emphasizes the New Orleans aspects of the Kennedy murder investigation, the Garrison inquiry, and the new and secret data that strengthens Garrison's case.

Notes

In the notes that follow, references to the Report of the Warren Commission appear as WR. References to the Commission volumes are cited by the volume and page number. References to the Final Report of the House Select Committee on Assassinations appear as HSCR. Citations to the 12 volumes of appendices and hearings appear as HSCA and the volume and page number.

Books cited in these endnotes are listed by author(s) only, unless an author has written more than one work, in which case titles are added. If a book is used for only one or two footnotes, the full citation is given in the footnotes. If a book is referred to only in the footnotes, the author and title are given. The full citations to all other books appear in the Bibliography. Full citations for regularly used periodicals are also in the Bibliography.

One of the great contributions of the Assassination Records Review Board is the recovery of part of the records of the Garrison investigation. These references are cited with the acronym of NODA, meaning New Orleans District Attorney’s office.

When an article from Probe Magazine is sourced, the author and title appear only the first time the essay is referenced.

Chapter 1

¹ Britain’s request for an American takeover of its imperial role allowed the Truman administration to implement a Cold War policy of American leadership which was long in the planning. The British step-down was a necessary component of American leadership. See Jezer, p. 43.

² Cabell B. Phillips, pp. 167–168. Acheson became a leading architect of American Cold War policy, a proponent of the view that unlike America, the Soviet Union was not entitled to a postwar sphere of influence over other nations. See Jezer, p. 41.

³ In congressional testimony, Acheson described the domino theory in terms of “rotten apples”: “Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the East. It would also carry infection to Africa through Asia Minor and Egypt, and to Europe through Italy and France, already threatened by the strongest Communist parties in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was playing one of the greatest gambles in history at minimal cost.... We and we alone were in a position to break up the plan.” Acheson, p. 219.

⁴ Bernstein and Matusow, pp. 182–184.

⁵ The Marshall Plan was tailored to American export needs and well-based fears of a return to prewar depression conditions. The plan, known as the European Recovery Act, made the U.S. dollar the standard of international trade, provided U.S. companies with significant foreign markets, and integrated European recovery into America’s industrial and banking system. Jezer, pp. 45–8.

⁶ The Plan did not pass easily. Its major corporate and political supp...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• The Legacy
• The Education of John F. Kennedy
• Bay of Pigs: Kennedy vs. Dulles
• Kennedy De-escalates in Cuba
• New Orleans
• Witches’ Brew
• On Instructions from His Government
• Oswald Returns: Strange Bedfellows
• Jim Garrison in 1966
• Garrison Reopens the Kennedy Case
• Inferno
• “Shaw Will Never Be Punished”
• Anticlimax: The Shaw Trial
• Garrison Must Be Destroyed
• Blakey Buries the Case
• Mexico City and Langley
• Washington and Saigon
• Denouement
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index