Destiny Betrayed, Second Edition

JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case

De: James DiEugenio

Narrado por: Paul Neal Rohrer

If you thought you already knew everything there was to know about the Kennedy assassination, think again.

If you enjoyed the chilling experience of In Cold Blood and were at the edge of your seat while watching Oliver Stone’s JFK, you’ll love this investigative look into all the facets of one of the top conspiracies of the 20th century and beyond. DiEugenio, who has spent decades researching the Kennedy assassination, takes both an analytical and conversational approach to his fascinating exploration of the pivotal historical events and scandals surrounding that day.

Twenty years after the first edition of Destiny Betrayed, DiEugenio is back with his ever-expanding investigation into the life and death of JFK. But this is no simple reissue. It is a greatly revised and expanded version of the original book, including updates on all the topics it introduced back in 1992. DiEugenio has used the declassification process of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to obtain the most current information on topics like the Garrison investigation and Clay Shaw; the newly exposed fallacies of the Warren Commission; U.S.-Cuban policy from 1957 to 1963; Kennedy's withdrawal plan from Vietnam; Kennedy's challenge to the Cold War consensus in 1961, and where those ideas originated; the ARRB medical inquiry demonstrating conspiracy and cover up; and the problems with the investigation of the Kennedy case. DiEugenio’s primary focus is on the Garrison inquiry, the New Orleans aspects of the Kennedy murder investigation, and the revelatory new information that bolsters Garrison’s case and has been withheld from the public.

All of this and more is contained in the narrative of this complex crime, with twin focuses on the victim, John F. Kennedy, and the investigator, Jim Garrison.

©1992, 2012 James DiEugenio (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Surreal masterpiece

This book is a 5 star audio masterpiece - the narration is a feature, not a bug people. A new, incompetent voice for every character! A work of mad genius

Awful history, entertaining narration.

People complaining about the narration, which is over the top to say the least, are looking past the real problem: almost everything in this book has been discredited by other authors and DiEugenio does nothing to directly engage with their evidence and/or arguments. He cites few sources for his wild claims, jumping from one 'shocking fact' to another without ever letting us know how this information came to light. If you take him for his word, it's fascinating. If you start to dig deeper, it's just fiction. I was hoping for a real look at the evidence, but just got another assassination fluff piece. Read Bugliosi, then read Posner (or the other way around) and then read this.

What’s my motivation?

Good content, really worth while and informative. However, the narrator has obviously approached his task as if he were suffering from schizophrenia. The accents. The acting. The shame! The narrator’s performance compels me to laugh at various parts of this book which are not humorous.
Solely because of this bizarre performance (and certainly not the content), the performance should be called, “The Muppets Solve The Assassination”

Narration was not pleasant . Story very informative

The narrator made a distracting practice of trying to mimic accents and everyone came off sounding cartoonish-even poor President Kennedy.

Important work by a respected researcher.

A detailed, awesome piece of work ruined by an abysmal narration. Imagine seeing an important historical play with all the parts played by Yosemite Sam. That's what this narration was like. I mean, this guy even gave Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby thick, over-the-top Texas drawls. Had he not even seen the abundance of videos of the two speaking? When he began calling Robert Maheu (may-hew) "Ma-hoo" (like Yahoo), I was pretty much done.