Hepburn, James. Farewell America. Vaduz, Liechtenstein: Frontiers Publishing, 1968. 418 pages.

Although it qualifies as one of the more unusual books on the JFK assassination, this one is more believable than one might expect. Its history is recounted elsewhere by former Ramparts editor Warren Hinckle, who once sent an emissary to attempt to get the KGB's slant on the assassination. What eventually emerged was a typescript that was probably produced by an element within French intelligence (James Hepburn is a pseudonym). It was later published in French, German, and English.

No, they don't name the bad guys, but the book makes a strong case that it was a conspiracy hatched by some combination of big oil, big defense contractors, the Right, the CIA, anti-Castro exiles, the FBI, and/or organized crime. The book demonstrates an understanding of Oswald's career, and is strongest on the logistics of setting up a Dealey Plaza crossfire with Oswald as a patsy, the physics of firing on a moving target, the basic requirements of motorcade protection, and corruption within the Dallas police. Numerous quotes from Kennedy's speeches while in office remind us that he said things that had never been heard from a U.S. president. Even in 1992 this big picture from France in 1968 seems precocious in some of its detail. It is certainly more interesting than most of the assassination coverage found in U.S. media.
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