Brothers in Arms: The Kennedys, the Castros, and the Politics of Murder
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A groundbreaking new reporting of the historical drama linking the Kennedys and the Castros sheds new light on the JFK assassination. Kirkus Reviews Two investigative journalists recount the dangerous political duel between the brothers Kennedy and Castro. "I've killed my own brother!" With this anguished cry, say former Frontline reporter Russo (Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers, 2006, etc.) and screenwriter Molton (Brave Talk, 1987), Robert Kennedy, who for years headed the administration's counterinsurgency effort against Fidel Castro, acknowledged his complicity in JFK's assassination. When the name "Oswald" showed up in a dossier indicating that the unstable ex-Marine was considered for recruitment by anti-Castro forces, RFK understood that the deadly game of spy-counterspy had come full circle. As with his counterpart, Raul Castro (Fidel's younger brother), who was in charge of Cuba's intelligence service, RFK's selfless devotion knew no bounds. Both viewed the contest between their countries in highly personal terms: "what offended the dignity of the brother offended the dignity of his entire nation." Relying on past histories and innumerable interviews, the authors vividly reconstruct the Cold War atmosphere of the '60s. Acknowledging Oswald as the sole triggerman, they convincingly conclude that he was a Cuban asset who acted under his own agency, but was also a patsy for larger clandestine elements. Their tracing of Oswald's creepy progress to Dallas's Dealey Plaza, their detailed portrait of the shadowy Rolando Cubela Secades (was he a double agent?) and their intimate knowledge of the shadowy intelligence world all contribute to a deeper understanding of the sometimes purposeful, sometimes random forces at work. Russo and Molton attribute the coverup ofOswald's Cuban connection to the Warren Commission's ignorance about the extent of the Kennedy brothers' plots to kill Castro, to RFK's interest in protecting the family legacy and to Lyndon Johnson's desire to keep an enraged America from retaliating and possibly triggering World War III. A serious, intriguing look at the blood feud whose horrible consequences continue to reverberate. Author events in Washington, D.C. Agent: Deborah Grosvenor/Grosvenor Literary Agency
Cast of Characters viiIntroduction 111 Living Through Another Cuba 112 Revolution 383 The Patriot Game 654 On the Beach 995 Meet the Boys on the Battlefront 1316 Both Sides Now 1657 Talking Cuba Crisis 1918 Irresistible Targets 2309 Spies Like Us 27210 A Pawn in Their Game 30211 Runaway Train 32212 Desolation Row 34913 Cannons in the Rain 36914 The Games People Play 38815 Sympathy for the Devil 42316 Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One 450Afterword 471Acknowledgments 477Appendix: The Marty Underwood Story 479Notes 485Bibliography 513Index 521
