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100	1		_aSelverstone, Marc J., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Kennedy withdrawal : _bCamelot and the American commitment to Vietnam / _cMarc J. Selverstone.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a325 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aKennedy, John F. _q(John Fitzgerald), _d1917-1963. _921791
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975. _924141
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory, Military _y20th century. _939096
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy. _913868
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zVietnam. _9150318
651		0	_aVietnam _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _9150319
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