From: FIELD1@NIEHS.bitnet (Jack Field)
Subject: Destiny Betrayed - JFK, Cuba, & Garrison Case
Keywords: JFK Cuba Garrison New Orleans
Organization: NIEHS/DIR/SCL
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:36:18 GMT

I found a reference to this book at the end of the program hosted by James Earl
Jones called THE JFK CONSPIRACY, several months back.  Only recently have I
gotten around to ordering it (cost $19.95 + tax) and when it finally came in I
thought I would provide the information printed on the slipcover to this forum.


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DESTINY BETRAYED - JFK, CUBA, AND THE GARRISON CASE - BY JAMES DIEUGENIO

INTRODUCTION BY ZACHARY SKLAR
Screenwriter with Oliver Stone of the movie "JFK"

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Almost thirty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his
murder continues to haunt the American psyche and stands as a turning point in
our nation's history.

The Warren Commission rushed out its Report, but the questions would not go
away.  Was there a conspiracy?  Was there a coup at the highest levels of
government?

Today, after millions upon millions have seen Oliver Stone's incisive film,
JFK, the drive to reexamine this crime of the century has reached a fever
pitch.  The core of that movement, the protagonist of JFK, is Jim Garrison.

On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison electrified the
world by arresting local businessman Clay Shaw for conspiracy to murder the
President.  His co-conspirator, David Ferrie, had been found dead a few days
before.

Garrison charged that elements of the United States government, in particular
the CIA, were behind the crime.  From the beginning, his probe was virulently
attacked in the media and witnesses disappeared and died strangely. 
Eventually, Shaw was acquitted after the briefest ofjury deliberations and the
only prosecution ever brought for the murder of President Kennedy was over.

But Garrison never stopped pursuing the case, and, over the years, an army of
investigators and researchers have confirmed the essence of his case; Jim
Garrison has been vindicated.  Only a small minority of Americans still support
the conclusions of the Warren Commission, and, since the release of JFK, that
minority is shrinking every day.  There is a growing demand for the
declassification of the mountains of documents that have been locked up in
government vaults for decades.  There are calls for a new and thorough
investigation.

James DiEugenio's DESTINY BETRAYED is the most up-to-date and clearest analysis
ever published of Garrison's pioneering inquiry and the assassination itself. 
The author not only studied all the existing research, but also traveled the
U.S. interviewing many of the survivors of this drama, exploring the background
and associations of Clay Shaw as no one has ever done.  He was granted access
tot he privately held original Shaw trial transcripts.  He uncovered documents
never before published or described in  full.

DESTINY BETRAYED is one of the few works that truly furthers our understanding
of the assassination of JFK, its surrounding circumstances, and the continuing
mysteries.  Everything in this book is fully documented, with upwards of a
thousand notes and an extensive bibliography.  The author  was assisted in the
research by Bob Spiegelman, who helped research JFK.  And Zachary Sklar's
Introduction provides an intimate profile of Jim Garrison today.

JAMES DIEUGENIO has been investigating the Kennedy assassination and the
Garrison investigation since 1972.  He has degrees in Education and Film.  Mr.
DiEugenio was born in Erie, Pennsylvania.  He is a writer and teacher, living
in Sherman Oaks, California.

ZACHARY SKLAR edited Garrison's own ON THE TRAIL OF THE ASSASSINS and was
nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay of JFK with Oliver
Stone.

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A fascinating companion piece to our movie, JFK.  It goes into the historical
canvas and details with references and citations that no film could undertake. 
A worthy and logical response to the Lords of Print - those who would destroy
Jim Garrison's immense contribution to the truth.
                                               - Oliver Stone, Filmmaker

Having worked with Jim Garrison, I know that DESTINY BETRAYED faithfully
captures his struggle to learn and to reveal how and why John Kennedy was
assassinated.  This is the full account of how the military-industrial complex
and its civilian allies attempted to smother Garrison's investigation.  The
reader will be better able to understand the abuses of our national-security
state - a root cause of our society's corruption and decay.  This book
carefully preserves for posterity Garrison's lonely crusade and burning passion
for truth, peace, and democracy.
                                                - Vincent Salandria, Attorney

Sheridan Square Press
145 West 4th Street
New York, NY  10012

Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
ISBN 1-879823-00-4

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