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We found 2 product mentions on r/JFK. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

1. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

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Number of reviews: 1
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2. No More Silence: An Oral History of the Assassination of President Kennedy

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Number of reviews: 1
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u/extremekc · 3 pointsr/JFK

If you want to go down the rabbit hole - read The Devil's Chessboard.


Post WWII, the US had significant clout. And since it wanted to appear to be "The Good Guy", it could not be "aggressive" in its dealings with 3rd World countries. So the CIA was assigned the business of secretly "Taking Out" World Leaders who did not conform to "US Banking / Oil Interests" (CIA was run by Allen Dulles - Wall Street Lawyer who represented Banking/Oil Interests abroad pre-WWII. His brother, John Foster Dulles (also a Wall Street Lawyer) was Secretary of State = Good Cop / Bad Cop). The CIA staged these "jobs" covertly to appear as "local uprisings" or "Freedom Fighters" or....you guessed it.. "Lone Nuts". The CIA took out "problem" world leaders every year in the 50s - right up to Kennedy. It was business as usual for them.


Kennedy was a problem - He was trying to make "Peace" the goal - not war. He felt that 3rd World countries should be able to control their own local resources (Oil fields, crop production, minerals). US businesses did not agree - because they were getting rich off of other countries resources - see United Fruit

It is all public knowledge now - The CIA never imaged that the "Freedom of Information Act" would ever exist.

u/HoneyboyWilson · 1 pointr/JFK

Here's an excellent, comprehensive book that seems like it would be of interest to your question:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1574411489/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1