Many were gripped by Oliver Stone's JFK and u0026 its premise that the assassination plot originated beyond the highest levels of government. In the film, an advocate of this theory is and "X and ", a character who explains how and u0026 why this plot came about. As Stone acknowledged, he wasn't only faithfully depicted, but also as a creative adviser provided fully documented information and u0026 analysis that shaped the script. This mystery man wasn't a fabricated character. He's L. Fletcher Prouty, a former top-level military-CIA operative and u0026 author of JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and u0026 the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy. Now, Prouty presents the explosive thesis that influenced Stone from the time he began reading Prouty in the late '80s. Among his revelations is JFK's plan to change course in the Vietnam conflict and u0026 remove all military personnel by the end of '65, creating enormous concern at the core of the military-industrial complex which led to his assassination. Upon receiving the report of the Cuban Study Group from Gen. Maxwell Taylor after the '61 Bay of Pigs, JFK vowed to and "shatter the CIA into a thousand pieces. and " He began by firing Director Allen W. Dulles and u0026 top aides. The army set up a full-fledged covert operation derisively named Operation Camelot to thwart efforts to end the war. Pres. Johnson reversed JFK's orders to wind down immediately following the murder. In 3 64 he set course for massive escalation. Brilliantly written and u0026 researched over nearly eight years, JFK is riveting. It's the 1st eyewitness account by a top-level insider, a man who had access to the primary documents and u0026 personalities-including those in the White House-dating back to '43. Shock waves generated by JFK will shake the halls of government for decades to come.