Countdown to Dallas: The Incredible Coincidences, Routines, and Blind Luck That Brought John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald Together on N - Hardcover
by Paul Brandus (Author)
John F. Kennedy's fascination with death--particularly his own--and Lee Harvey Oswald's love of violence and desire for fame made November 22, 1963 practically inevitable.
With new details from the very latest documents declassified by the CIA and FBI! The so-called "crime of the century"--the assassination of President John F. Kennedy--was almost preordained to happen. Like all presidents from decades before him, JFK played it loose with security--open cars, Secret Service agents at a distance, and a desire to be seen. Yet conspiracy buffs are certain the security setup on November 22, 1963 was unusual and suspicious. It wasn't. And what of Lee Harvey Oswald, the drifter, the vicious wife-beating, fame-seeking narcissist? Everything in his background--dating back to his violent, disturbing grade school years, including his stated desire to murder President Dwight Eisenhower--defines the real Lee Oswald. The Oswald that conspiracists rarely talk about--the Oswald who was perched in the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository as JFK drove by--was headed for this moment of infamy years before he pulled the trigger. In Countdown to Dallas, author Paul Brandus tracks the backgrounds of both Kennedy and Oswald, the very different era in which they lived, and the incredible string of circumstances that brought them together for a few fateful moments in Dallas. He reveals:A historian and keynote speaker--including at seven presidential libraries--Paul Brandus is a columnist for USA Today and Dow Jones/MarketWatch, and one of the most followed journalists in the White House press corps, with more than 375,000 Twitter followers (@WestWingReport). He is the author of books on the White House and presidency, U.S. military, and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. His podcast, Jackie, has won numerous awards. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family.
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