Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek
Title:
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek
Number of Pages:
24
Description:
Robert Dallek's work on LBJ biographies; LBJ's personality; comparing JFK's and LBJ's knowledge of foreign affairs; LBJ's relationships with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and JFK during his vice presidency; LBJ's behavior when he was upset with a staff member; LBJ's lack of interest in George Ball's 1964 Vietnam memo; comparing Senators Mike Mansfield and J. William Fulbright; how JFK might have handled the Vietnam situation compared to how LBJ handled it; presidential decision-making; the Oliver Stone JFK movie and how young people believe such conspiracy theories; Robert McNamara and Dallek's and Bundy's reaction to Deborah Shapley's book Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert McNamara; LBJ's leadership style in regard to Vietnam, the role of Congress, and advice from staff; why Bundy left government employment; the importance of public support for LBJ's efforts in Vietnam; McNamara's and Bundy's reaction to Hubert Humphrey's 1968 Vietnam plan; Bundy's involvement in the 1967 Six-Day Arab-Israeli War.
