HIST 166C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zapruder Film, Warren Commission, Globalism
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Period in which the us came closest to anarchy since the civil war. Ties to left-wing organizations and his past as a defector to the soviet union are. Fair treatment for cuba after jfk"s bay of pigs invasion trumpeted. Raised questions about the possibility of a conspiracy. Lbj appoints chief justice warren to investigate the assassination (warren. Assumption was that jfk + connally were hit by separate bullets. Film showed that it would be impossible for oswald to shoot two shots in the timespan that the two were shot. Either there were two gunmen or jfk and connally were hit by. Argued that the warren court rushed their judgment and failed to thoroughly explore evidence. New orleans da garrison arrests clay shaw for conspiracy. Fair play for cuba really a front for us intelligence and cia. Fair play was really pro-castro but oswald infiltrated it for the cia cia was involved in.
