The Kennedy Withdrawal
Author: Selverstone, Marc J.
ISBN: 9780674048812
RM270.73
Publisher,Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date,
Format, Hardcover
Weight,
No. of Pages, 325
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--
