Last Resort Beyond Last Resort: The JFK Assassination, the Need to Protect West Berlin, and Why a Second Invasion of Cuba Never Happened

by Walter Herbst

The John F. Kennedy assassination did not occur so the U.S. military could take over Cuba or initiate a global war with the Soviet Union. On the contrary, the conspirators killed JFK to prevent that from happening. The intent was to protect Europe from a potential Soviet invasion and to transfer the focus of America's military from Cuba to Southeast Asia, where the Pentagon was anxious to engage Communists militarily. Last Resort Beyond Last Resort is the first book to make this claim. The facts support this thesis and provide answers to questions that have confounded researchers for decades. It is an essential read for anyone searching for the truth behind the greatest crime of the 20th Century. It presents a fresh and rational explanation for why the conspirators had no alternative but to assassinate President Kennedy. For years, I believed that a domestic coup d'etat assassinated JFK to unleash a military that was chomping at the bit to flex its muscles against a Communist world that could not match America's firepower. Still, there was one thing I could never reconcile in my mind. Why, in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, didn't the United States say Lee H

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634245059
• ISBN13: 9781634245050
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Trine Day
• Length: 672 Pages