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L. Fletcher Prouty served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy presidency. A retired colonel of the U.S. Air Force, Prouty was in charge of the global system designed to provide military support for the CIA's secret activities. Author of The Secret afficher plus Team: The CIA and Its Allies, Prouty passed away in 2001. afficher moins

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Nom légal
Prouty, Leroy Fletcher
Date de naissance
1917-01-24
Date de décès
2001-06-05
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
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author
banker
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US Air Force

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I read this story hoping to get some additional depth and information behind the character portrayed as X (played by the uber-creepy Donald Sutherland) in the movie JFK by Oliver Stone. The author, Col. Fletcher Prouty was the real X, and one of the people who worked with Stone on the movie. Prouty worked in the military during the time Kennedy was assassinated. He was also with the administration before Kennedy became the president.

There is a lot of detailed background on the cold war and explanation on what leads up to Kennedy's assassination. If you liked the Stone movie, you will learn a lot more detail on the Vietnam War and Cuba connection as well as what threat Kennedy played to other powerful figures in government at the time. With a few minor exceptions (a chapter on Vietnam) the book is presented more like reading a long Wikipedia article. Those that prefer non-fiction to be more story-like might be bored by this format.

I took one star away because Prouty's narrative is repetitive at times. There is an index and footnotes provided.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and plan to read the other two books used as sources for the JFK movie. It's unusual that I see a movie and want to read the book (usually the other way around) but the JFK assassination--whatever happened November 22, 1963--is both a tragic and fascinating part of American history.
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