Become Quote by Robert Dallek

Some Kennedy aides have always insisted that Johnson misread J.F.K.'s plans for Vietnam. They say that Kennedy had begun to rethink the U.S. presence…

— Robert Dallek

As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely…

— Robert Dallek

The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election,…

— Rick Perlstein

“The significance of LBJ's personal traits accounted for the growing belief, especially by anti-war activists, that Vietnam was "Johnson's War." His critics are correct…

— James T. Patterson

“The 1930s, Kennedy said, 'taught us a clear lesson; aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.”

— John F. Kennedy

When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American…

— Samantha Power

It's Kennedy's war, Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson got all the flak, but it's Kennedy's war.

— Salman Rushdie

“Theodore Sorensen wrote for [Robert Kennedy's 1968] announcement speech: “At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country,…

— David Halberstam

The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher…

— Emanuel Cleaver

Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging…

— Barack Obama

The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well…

— Sarah Palin

“What it came down to was a search not for the most talent, the greatest brilliance, but for the fewest black marks, the fewest…

— David Halberstam