Rusk 7R, Dean Rusk autobiographical sketch, Part 4, circa 1985

Part four of an autobiographical sketch by Dean Rusk, as told to Richard Rusk. Topics include Rusk’s siblings (Margaret; Parks; Roger; Helen Rusk [Perkins]), the death of his parents, influences and heroes (Robert E. Lee, George Catlett Marshall), personal recollections of George Catlett Marshall, serving as Secretary of State under Kennedy and Johnson, Palestine and Israel during the Truman administration, and his years at St. John’s College, Oxford.

ca. 1985

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91 minutes