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that in New Orleans Oswald suggested hijacking an airliner to Cuba and would sit on his
porch at night, working the bolt action of his rifle.
Posner followed the Warren Commission’s version of Oswald’s one-a-half-years
in the United States. When he learned of the presidential motorcade to pass beneath the
window of his place of work, “Oswald, who thought his contribution to his revolutionary
cause would be the death of Walker, was suddenly faced with the possibility of having a
much greater impact on history and the machinery of government.” In Posner’s view,
“Lee Oswald always thought he was smarter and better than other people, and was
angered that others failed to recognize the stature he thought he deserved.” 304 Here, once
again, the “lone nut” Oswald seized an opportunity to strike back at his lifelong
humiliation and frustration and to assassinate Kennedy.
Former Los Angeles prosecutor Bugliosi’s massive, 1612-page tome was the
author’s attempt to squash every conspiracy theory. Reclaiming History included a
lengthy section chronicling the events leading up to and after the assassination, much as
Manchester and Bishop had done, but Bugliosi also included a lengthy biography of
Oswald, a short chapter devoted to motive, and many pages devoted to refuting the
“conspiracy authors” who often “knowingly mislead their readers by lies, omissions, and
deliberately distorting the official record.” Bugliosi declared that the “ambitious
objective” of his work is to complete the work of the Warren Commission and to turn
public opinion in the United States around into accepting the official conclusions that
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