My new book, "Into the Nightmare"

[Joseph McBride]

You may feel differently after reading INTO THE NIGHTMARE and might characterize
it differently after so doing.

Joe

I very well might. But I doubt it.

My mind remains open to your work.

Not much left to read. So far, I'm comfortable with my position as stated above.

While I'm finishing up your book, there's no reason why you can't share with us your own conspiracy model.

If you don't have one, then please share with us why you believe that you don't need one.

Back to you soon.

Charles

Charles, you'll find in reading my book that I do provide,
in detail, what you call a "conspiracy model" or theory. My book details my belief that the assassination was a military coup, benefiting
Johnson, to enrich the military-industrial complex by
widening the war in Vietnam and to give freer rein
to the military men and rightwing oil men who opposed Kennedy. They thought he was a traitorous dove
for trying to achieve detente with the USSR and Cuba and for resisting widening the Vietnam War.
I agree with Peter Dale Scott on the phase one/phase two
theory of the assassination; I recommend his works on deep politics. Johnson did not want a war in Cuba
or with the USSR, but he was owned and operated for decades by
Brown & Root (which merged with Halliburton). You may disagree,
but that's OK with me. Different researchers see things differently. I am
not sure what your "model" is from your general theoretical description of such plots.

If you want a considerable amount
of detail on that "model," my book provides it (better than a short summary could) while also concentrating
in even greater detail on the Tippit murder, a largely neglected
and critical aspect of the events in Dallas. I write at length about how Tippit moved
in the rightwing milieu that also included Ruby and various rightwing extremists and how the Dallas
Police Department was deeply involved with forces hostile to Kennedy.