Mary's mosaic : the CIA conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and their vision for world peace / Peter Janney.
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TextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012.Description: 548 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 1616087080
- 162087282X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781616087081
- 9781620872826 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- CIA conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and their vision for world peace
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Relations with women
- Meyer, Mary, 1920-1964 -- Death and burial
- Meyer, Mary, 1920-1964 -- Political and social views
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
- Conspiracies -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Mistresses -- United States -- Biography
- Murder -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
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Winner - 2012 Hollywood Book Festival for General Non-Fiction
Honorable Mention - 2012 New England Book Festival for General Non-Fiction
Honorable Mention - 2012 London Book Festival for General Non-Fiction
Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately leading to the CIA? And was it mere coincidence that Mary was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission report?
These are the questions that author Peter Janney finally answers in a way that no one else ever has. In doing so, he may well have solved Washington's most famous unsolved murder. Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, the author traces the key events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer, including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School in 1936; her explorations with psychedelic drugs; her relationship with Timothy Leary; and finally how she supported the president as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination--and Mary Meyer's-- Mary's Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Prologue -- Introduction -- Fate's Engagement -- Murder on the Towpath -- Conspiracy to Conceal -- Deus Ex Machina -- Trial by Fire -- Part Two. "Prima Female Assoluta" -- Cyclops -- Personal Evolution -- Mary's Mission -- Peace Song -- Part Three. After Dallas -- How It Went Down : The Anatomy of a CIA Assassination, Part I -- How It Went Down : The Anatomy of a CIA Assassination, Part II -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: FBI Crime Lab Report for the Murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer -- Appendix 2: Confidential U.S. Justice Memorandum, February 24, 1965 -- Appendix 3: Notes Taken by Attorney James ("Jimmy") H. Smith on His Telephone Call with Leo Damore, March 31, 1993, at Approximately 8:30 AM -- Appendix 4: Ben Bradlee's 1952 Rosenberg Case Press Liaison with the CIA.
Explores the unsolved murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, her ties to President Kennedy, and her possible uncovering of an assassination plot.