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Dallas 1963: Politics, Treason, and the Assassination of JFK
Dallas 1963 Politics Treason and the Assassination of JFK Author:Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis In the early 1960s, Dallas was a city brewing with political passions, full of extreme and unlikely characters, many of them dead set against a Kennedy Presidency--rabid politicos like fanatical conservative Bruce Alger and defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; oil baron H. L. Hunt; and W. A. Criswell, leader of the largest Baptist congreg... more »ation in the world; along with a host of gangsters, unsung civil rights leaders, strippers, billionaires, and marauding police.
Breathtakingly paced, DALLAS 1963 presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the 20th century's most significant and terrifying political event. Beginning with the campaign for Kennedy's election, and set against a nation in transition, Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore why the Kennedy camp never could have anticipated the swirling forces awaiting them in Texas.
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, DALLAS 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous political event but a sobering reminder of how extraordinarily violent ordinary Americans can become« less