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Copyright © 1970, by Jim Garrison
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| To the Younger Generation. May its members have the insight to the deceptions of the warfare state. May they have the courage to stand on the side of humanity. | 
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CONTENTS
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| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Foreword | ix | |
| ONE FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER | 13 | |
| Part 1 | ILLUSION | 23 | 
| 1. | The Execution | 25 | 
| 2. | Ornaments | 31 | 
| 3. | Power | 43 | 
| 4. | The Quarry | 56 | 
| 5. | Justice | 70 | 
| Part 2 | REALITY | 85 | 
| 6. | The Craft of Deception | 87 | 
| 7. | Traces of Intrigue | 112 | 
| 8. | The Ides of November | 124 | 
| 9. | Nightfall | 150 | 
| 10. | The War Machine | 173 | 
| Appendix | 186 | |
| Notes | 199 | |
| Index | 213 | |