Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/007657166/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 33 of
33
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "ambition to be the most reticent adviser in modern political history." But as a respected intellectual and author of the celebrated The Affluent Society, he was not to be positioned so lightly, and his letters are replete with valuable advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureaucracy. As the United States' ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963, Galbraith made use of his position to counsel the President on foreign policy, especially as it bore on the Asian subcontinent and, ultimately, Vietnam." "Written with verve and wit, his letters were relished by a president who had little patience for foolish ideas or bad prose. They stand out today as a vibrant chronicle of some of the most subtle and critical moments in the days of the Kennedy administration - and a fascinating record of the counsel that Galbraith offered President Kennedy. Ranging from a pithy commentary on Kennedy's speech accepting the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination (and inaugurating the "New Frontier") to reflections on critical matters of state such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of Communism in Indochina, Letters to Kennedy presents a rare, intimate picture of the lives and minds of a political intellectual and an intellectual politician during a particularly bright moment in American history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10584739.
- catalog contributor b10584740.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions 1961-1971.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1961-1963.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""A unique document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between a president and one of his close advisers, John Kenneth Galbraith. In an early letter, Galbraith mentions his "ambition to be the most reticent adviser in modern political history." But as a respected intellectual and author of the celebrated The Affluent Society, he was not to be positioned so lightly, and his letters are replete with valuable advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureaucracy. As the United States' ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963, Galbraith made use of his position to counsel the President on foreign policy, especially as it bore on the Asian subcontinent and, ultimately, Vietnam." "Written with verve and wit, his letters were relished by a president who had little patience for foolish ideas or bad prose. They stand out today as a vibrant chronicle of some of the most subtle and critical moments in the days of the Kennedy administration - and a fascinating record of the counsel that Galbraith offered President Kennedy. Ranging from a pithy commentary on Kennedy's speech accepting the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination (and inaugurating the "New Frontier") to reflections on critical matters of state such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of Communism in Indochina, Letters to Kennedy presents a rare, intimate picture of the lives and minds of a political intellectual and an intellectual politician during a particularly bright moment in American history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-154) and index.".
- catalog extent "158 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Letters to Kennedy.".
- catalog identifier "0674528379 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Letters to Kennedy.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Letters to Kennedy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions 1961-1971.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1961-1963.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.922/092/2 21".
- catalog subject "E842 .A4 1998".
- catalog subject "Economists United States Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Presidents United States Correspondence.".
- catalog title "Letters to Kennedy / John Kenneth Galbraith ; edited by James Goodman.".
- catalog type "text".