Abstract

Galbraith and Vietnam

Focuses on the advice and consultation given to former United States President John F. Kennedy that influenced his decisions about Vietnam. Reference to declassified records about counsel given to Kennedy regarding whether or not to take the country into war in Vietnam; Counsel given to Kennedy from Harvard University economist John Kenneth Galbraith against war in Vietnam; Statement that military adviser Maxwell Taylor and National Security Adviser Walt Rostow each counseled Kennedy to intervene in Vietnam; Report that Galbraith leaked Taylor and Rostow's plans for military engagement in Vietnam to the press; Statement that Galbraith was later promoted to take over as U.S. Ambassador to Moscow in order to negotiate with the Russians.