In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Marc Selverstone, Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Centre of Public Affairs, and chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Recordings programme, about his new book, The Kennedy Withdrawal Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam. They discussed the factors that shaped President Kennedy’s views on Vietnam, the relationship between Kennedy and his Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, and their views on a potential withdrawal from Vietnam, and the usefulness of White House recordings to academics and historians.
Contributors: Professor Marc Selverstone (University of Virginia), Chris Gilson (Phelan US Centre), Mohid Rehman Malik (Phelan US Centre)
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This Extra Inning was produced by Mohid Malik, Chris Gilson and Anderson Tan.
- Featured image: Meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, & Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston,
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