Kennedy Withdrawal - Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam

In October 1963, President Kennedy proposed withdrawing from Vietnam, gaining him a durable reputation as a skeptic on the war. However, drawing on secret White House tapes, Marc Selverstone reveals that JFK never had a firm intention to withdraw. The real value of the proposal lay in obtaining political cover for his open-ended Vietnam policy.

About the author

Marc J. Selverstone heads the acclaimed Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, where he edits the secret White House tapes of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He has written for the Washington Post, Atlantic, and U.S. News and World Report and appeared on C-Span radio. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945–1950, winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, and is Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia.

Summary

In October 1963, President Kennedy proposed withdrawing from Vietnam, gaining him a durable reputation as a skeptic on the war. However, drawing on secret White House tapes, Marc Selverstone reveals that JFK never had a firm intention to withdraw. The real value of the proposal lay in obtaining political cover for his open-ended Vietnam policy.

Product details

• Authors: Marc J. Selverstone, Selverstone Marc J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780674048812
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04881-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Political science & theory, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Central / national / federal government policies, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, Central government policies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War