Description: Further DetailsTitle: Letters to KennedyCondition: NewDescription: 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 Kennedypresents 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.Author: John Kenneth GalbraithContributor: James Goodman (Edited by)Country/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780674528376Format: HardbackGenre: BiographyISBN: 9780674528376ISBN-10: 0674528379Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 426gLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Harvard University PressRelease Date: 05/29/1998Topic: HistoryRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Letters to Kennedy
Contributor: James Goodman (Edited by)
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
EAN: 9780674528376
Genre: Biography
ISBN: 9780674528376
ISBN-10: 0674528379
Release Date: 05/29/1998
Release Year: 1998
Title: Letters to Kennedy
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Name: Letters to Kennedy
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Social Scientists & Psychologists, General, Economic Conditions, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Economics / Theory
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Référence, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
