Marc J. Selverstone heads the acclaimed Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. He is the author of Constructing the Monolith, winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, and is associate professor in presidential studies at the University of Virginia.
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In October 1963, the White House publicly proposed the removal of US troops from Vietnam, earning President Kennedy an enduring reputation as a skeptic on the war. In fact, Kennedy was ambivalent about withdrawal and was largely detached from its planning... SEE MORE