TY  - BOOK
AU  - Selverstone,Marc J.
TI  - The Kennedy withdrawal: Camelot and the American commitment to Vietnam 
SN  - 9780674048812
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Kennedy, John F.
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - United States
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Vietnam
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The Great "What If?" -- Assumption: January 1961-December 1961 -- Escalation: January 1962-June 1962 -- Formulation: July 1962-December 1962 -- Modification: January 1963-April 1963 -- Acceleration: May 1963-August 1963 -- Declaration: September 1963-October 1963 -- Implementation: October 1963-November 1963 -- Cancellation: November 1963-March 1964 -- Epilogue: The Shadow of Camelot
N2  - "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"--
ER  -