Letters to Kennedy Hardcover - 1998
by John Kenneth Galbraith; James Goodman (Editor)
A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters gives readers a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith.
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A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "ambition to be the most reticent adviser in modern political history". But as a respected intellectual and author of the celebrated The Affluent Society, he was not to be positioned so lightly, and his letters are replete with valuable advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureaucracy. As the United States' ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963, Galbraith made use of his position to counsel the President on foreign policy, especially as it bore on the Asian subcontinent and, ultimately, Vietnam. Written with verve and wit, his letters were relished by a president who had little patience for foolish ideas or bad prose. They stand out today as a vibrant chronicle of some of the most subtle and critical moments in the days of the Kennedy administration - and a fascinating record of the counsel that Galbraith offered President Kennedy. Ranging from a pithy commentary on Kennedy's speech accepting the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination (and inaugurating the "New Frontier") to reflections on critical matters of state such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of Communism in Indochina, Letters to Kennedy presents a rare, intimate picture of the lives and minds of a political intellectual and an intellectual politician during a particularly bright moment in American history.
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- Title Letters to Kennedy
- Author John Kenneth Galbraith; James Goodman (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-05-29
- Features Dust Cover, Index
- ISBN 9780674528376 / 0674528379
- Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.49 x 6.25 x 0.73 in (24.10 x 15.88 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Kennedy, John F, Presidents - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97038839
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.922
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/1998, Page 1497
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/1998, Page 464
- Library Journal, 04/01/1998, Page 112
- Publishers Weekly, 04/06/1998, Page 70
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