James G. Blight is CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. janet M. Lang is research professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and professor of political science, University of Waterloo.

• New Preface to the Paperback Edition: Virtual JFK to President Barack Obama: Is the Game in Afghanistan Worth the Candle?Prologue: Whither Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived?Chapter 1: Why Kennedy, Johnson, and Vietnam? Why Now?Chapter 2: Who's Who at the Musgrove ConferenceChapter 3: What JFK Decided: November 1961Chapter 4: What JFK Decided: October–November 1963Chapter 5: What LBJ Decided: The "Long 1964"Chapter 6: Virtual JFK, Not Counterfactual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had LivedEpilogue: Does it Matter Who Is President in Matters of War and Peace?: A Tale of Three ChoicesAppendix A: Excerpts From Declassified Documents and Secret Audio TapesAppendix B: JFK What If Questionnaire for Musgrove Participants

John F. Kennedy's unrealized Vietnam strategy gets a comprehensive workout in this volume. . . . The book offers other new insights (PBS broadcaster and former LBJ advisor Bill Moyers, a possible Kennedy-McNamara 'back-channel').

James G. Blight is CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. janet M. Lang is research professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and professor of political science, University of Waterloo.

• New Preface to the Paperback Edition: Virtual JFK to President Barack Obama: Is the Game in Afghanistan Worth the Candle?Prologue: Whither Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived?Chapter 1: Why Kennedy, Johnson, and Vietnam? Why Now?Chapter 2: Who's Who at the Musgrove ConferenceChapter 3: What JFK Decided: November 1961Chapter 4: What JFK Decided: October–November 1963Chapter 5: What LBJ Decided: The "Long 1964"Chapter 6: Virtual JFK, Not Counterfactual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had LivedEpilogue: Does it Matter Who Is President in Matters of War and Peace?: A Tale of Three ChoicesAppendix A: Excerpts From Declassified Documents and Secret Audio TapesAppendix B: JFK What If Questionnaire for Musgrove Participants

John F. Kennedy's unrealized Vietnam strategy gets a comprehensive workout in this volume. . . . The book offers other new insights (PBS broadcaster and former LBJ advisor Bill Moyers, a possible Kennedy-McNamara 'back-channel').

James G. Blight is CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. janet M. Lang is research professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and professor of political science, University of Waterloo.

• New Preface to the Paperback Edition: Virtual JFK to President Barack Obama: Is the Game in Afghanistan Worth the Candle?Prologue: Whither Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived?Chapter 1: Why Kennedy, Johnson, and Vietnam? Why Now?Chapter 2: Who's Who at the Musgrove ConferenceChapter 3: What JFK Decided: November 1961Chapter 4: What JFK Decided: October–November 1963Chapter 5: What LBJ Decided: The "Long 1964"Chapter 6: Virtual JFK, Not Counterfactual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had LivedEpilogue: Does it Matter Who Is President in Matters of War and Peace?: A Tale of Three ChoicesAppendix A: Excerpts From Declassified Documents and Secret Audio TapesAppendix B: JFK What If Questionnaire for Musgrove Participants

John F. Kennedy's unrealized Vietnam strategy gets a comprehensive workout in this volume. . . . The book offers other new insights (PBS broadcaster and former LBJ advisor Bill Moyers, a possible Kennedy-McNamara 'back-channel').