America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War

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Title:

America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War

Author:

Milne, David, 1976-

Personal Author:

Milne, David, 1976-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Hill and Wang, [2008]

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

The education of Walt Whitman Rostow, 1916-1949 -- The making of an anticommunist zealot, 1950-1960 -- Rattling sabers, 1961 -- A distant voice, 1962-1963 -- The Rostow thesis, 1964-1965 -- The prophet returns, 1966 -- Postponing the inevitable, 1967 -- A world crashes down, 1968 -- Epilogue, 1969-2003.

Personal Subject:

Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003.

Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003-Political and social views.

Subject Term:

Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.

Economists -- United States -- Biography.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Diplomatic history.

Cold War.

Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Economic assistance, American -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.