Rusk LLL, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 2, January 1985

Collection: Dean Rusk Oral History Collection

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Description

Dean Rusk interviews Walt Rostow over the phone. Walt Rostow discusses his relationship with Dean Rusk during the administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the Vietnam War. He touches upon the "Tuesday luncheons" and critiques Rusk's performance as Secretary of State. Rostow discusses the aftermath of the Tet Offensive and touches upon the toll that making life-and-death decisions exacts on policymakers.

Walt Rostow served as deputy special assistant to the President for national security affairs (1961), counselor, chairman policy planning council Department State (1961-1966), and special assistant to the president (1966-1969). He was also an economic historian.

This interview is a continuation of Rusk KKK.

Date

1985-01

Identifier

RBRL214DROH-RuskLLL

Coverage

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Duration

53 minutes



Citation

Walt Whitman Rostow and Richard Rusk, “Rusk LLL, Walt Whitman Rostow, Part 2, January 1985,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed March 29, 2024, https://russelllibraryoralhistory.org/RBRL214DROH/RBRL214DROH-RuskLLL.

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