TRAINED TO KILL is an incredibly improbable memoir and the most incredible thing about it is how much of the story is demonstrably true. Already a major presence in books by HSCA investigator Gaeton Fonzi and well-respected researcher Dick Russell, the author takes the opportunity to tell his own story in his own clear, direct manner. This is a man who began life in a shack in the wake of the Great Depression, before growing up to work for Cuba’s richest banker. A hard left turn later, he became the leader of the CIA-backed revolutionary army, Alpha 66, ending up as a peripheral witness to the mechanics behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Reading this book will help explain how CIA black operations work and give important context to the US-Cuba dance that has been going on since Bautista went out of power in 1959. A fascinating and compelling journey.(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)