TheacclaimedbookOliverStonecalled“thebestaccountIhavereadofthistragedyanditssignificance,“JFKandtheUnspeakabledetailsnotjusthowtheconspiracytoassassinatePresidentJohnF.Kennedywascarriedout,butWHYitwasdone...andwhyitstillmatterstoday.AttheheightoftheColdWar,JFKriskedcommittingthegreatestcrimeinhumanhistory:startinganuclearwar.Horrifiedbythespecterofnuclearannihilation,Kennedygraduallyturnedawayfromhislong-heldColdWarriorbeliefsandtowardapolicyoflastingpeace.ButtothemilitaryandintelligenceagenciesintheUnitedStates,whowerecommittedtowinningtheColdWaratanycost,Kennedy’schangeofheartwasadirectthreattotheirpowerandinfluence.Oncethesedark“Unspeakable“forcesrecognizedthatKennedy’sinterestswereindirectoppositiontotheirown,theytaggedhimasadangeroustraitor,plottedhisassassination,andorchestratedthesubsequentcover-up.DouglasstakesreadersintotheOvalOfficeduringthetensedaysoftheCubanMissileCrisis,alongonthestrangejourneyofLeeHarveyOswaldandhisshadowyhandlers,andtothewindingroadinDallaswhereanambushawaitedthePresident’smotorcade.AsDouglassconvincinglydocuments,ateverystepalongthewaytheseforcesoftheUnspeakablewerepresent,movingpeoplelikepawnsonachessboardtopromoteadangerousanddeadlyagenda.JFKandtheUnspeakableshotuptothetopofthebestsellerchartswhenOliverStonefirstbroughtittotheworld’sattentiononBillMaher’sshow.Sincethen,ithasbeenlaudedbyMarkLane(authorofRushtoJudgment,whocallsit“anexcitingworkwiththedramaofafirst-ratethriller“),JohnPerkins(authorofConfessionsofanEconomicHitMan,whoproclaimsitis“arguablythemostimportantbookyetwrittenaboutanAmericanpresident),andRobertF.Kennedy,Jr.,whocallsit“averywell-documentedandconvincingportrait...IurgeallAmericanstoreadthisbookandcometotheirownconclusions.“
