Our Man in Haiti: George de Mohrenschildt and the CIA in the Nightmare Republic

by Joan Mellen

Overview

Delving into the complex and intertwined world of the CIA, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, this book takes on the angle of those who knew and associated with Kennedy’s alleged assassin. Profiling George de Mohrenschildt, a petroleum geologist based in Dallas and Haiti, this examination explores the relationship between Oswald, the CIA, and de Mohrenschildt. This book also investigates the CIA’s involvement in the Haitian government during the 1960s, and seeks to connect each entity to each other in the jigsaw puzzle that is the Kennedy assassination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936296521
Publisher:	Trine Day
Publication date:	10/22/2012
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joan Mellen is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University and author of 20 books—ranging from biography and sports to film criticism—including A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History. She has written articles for several publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Pennington, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

1 An Adoptive Texan with some Intelligence Connections 1

2 From Lee Harvey Oswald to Clémard Joseph Charles: George De Mohrenschildt Teams Up With Clémard 59

3 Has CIA Abandoned Clémard Joseph Charles? George De Mohrenschildt In Haiti 107

4 Philippe Thyraud De Vosjoli: Everyone Is Connected 145

5 A Sheikh From Kuwait And A Motley Crew Of Adventurers Invade Haiti 163

6 George De Mohrenschildt Under CIA Surveillance 199

7 The Paramilitary Game 227

8 Second And Third Acts 255

Notes 297

Addendum H.L. HUNT & Sons and CIA 335

Documents 387

Bibliography 441

Index 447

Editorial Reviews

"Joan Mellen is a rare breed—a biographer who writes with the passion of a truth-seeker, the skill of an artisan, and the attention to detail of a well-trained scholar-researcher. She digs deep and she cares. I look forward to reading every book she writes."  —Richard Layman, author, Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett, on A Farewell to Justice

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