Jfk: the Cia, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy

Brief Description: Reveals Kennedy's plans for Vietnam, Kennedy's intentions to "shatter the CIA," and President Johnson's reversal of Kennedy's orders concerning Vietnam immediately following the assassination, aruging that the assassination was a professionally executed coup d'etat. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Reveals Kennedy's plans for Vietnam, Kennedy's intentions to shatter the CIA, and President Johnson's reversal of Kennedy's orders concerning Vietnam immediately following the assassination, aruging that the assassination was a professionally executed coup d'etat.; Print version record.; EBSCO complete collection. Publisher Marketing: Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty, the former CIA operative known as "X," offers a history-shaking perspective on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. His theories were the basis for Oliver Stone's controversial movie "JFK." Prouty believed that Kennedy's death was a coup d'etat, and he backs this belief up with his knowledge of the security arrangements at Dallas and other tidbits that only a CIA insider would know (for example, that every member of Kennedy's cabinet was abroad at the time of Kennedy's assassination). His discussion of the elite power base he believes controlled the U. S. government will scare and enlighten anyone who wants to know who was really behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Contributor Bio:  Prouty, L Fletcher L. Fletcher Prouty (1917 2001), a retired colonel of the U. S. Air Force, served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. He was directly in charge of the global system designed to provide military support for the clandestine activities of the CIA. He was also the author of The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies. Contributor Bio:  Ventura, Jesse Jesse Ventura is the former governor of Minnesota and author of four national bestsellers, including63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read and American Conspiracies. Ventura is the host of the television show Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura on truTV. Contributor Bio:  Stone, Oliver Oliver Stone made such iconic films as "Platoon", " Wall Street", " JFK", " Born on the Fourth of July", " Natural Born Killers", " Nixon", " Salvador", and "W".