Decapitating the union

Description:

"This comprehensive re-examination of the facts seeks to correct major and minor errors in the record, reconcile differences of opinion, offer explanations for unknowns and evaluate theories. The simple conspiracy theory is rejected by the author in favor of the theory that Booth worked with the complicity of the highest levels of the Confederate government and its Secret Service Bureau, whose twofold purpose was retribution and snatching Southern independence from a weakened and chaotic Federal Government"--

subjects: Assassination,  Conspiracies,  Secret service,  History,  Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination,  Booth, john wilkes, 1838-1865,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, secret service,  Davis, jefferson, 1808-1889,  Benjamin, j. p. (judah philip), 1811-1884

People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),  John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865),  J. P. Benjamin (1811-1884),  Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865,  19th century