America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War / David Milne.
America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War / David Milne.
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New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N330.092/ 23
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English
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xi, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Education of Walt Whitman Rostow, 1916-1949 -- 2. The Making of an Anticommunist Zealot, 1950-1960 -- 3. Rattling Sabers, 1961 -- 4. A Distant Voice, 1962-1963 -- 5. The Rostow Thesis, 1964-1965 -- 6. The Prophet Returns, 1966 -- 7. Postponing the Inevitable, 1967 -- 8. A World Crashes Down,...
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New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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"Walt Whitman Rostow's meteoric rise to power - from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to the West Wing of the White House - seemed to capture the promise of the American dream. Hailing from humble origins, Rostow became an intellectual powerhouse: a professor of economic history at MIT and an influential foreign-policy adviser to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. J...
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America's Rasputin : Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War / David Milne.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.
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N330.092/ 23
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74VM8No0aQR3
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9780374103866 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374103860 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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330.092 B
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991000215959702626
