David J. Milne

Mr. Milne s research will appraise the influence of advisor Walt Rostow on the foreign policy of the United States under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. His thesis contends that Rostow played an underrated role as a key architect of American foreign policy during the 1960s, setting the intellectual foundation for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in this respect. He will focus on the Johnson presidency when Rostow exercised profound influence over the conduct of the Vietnam War. At Yale, Mr. Milne will examine the papers of Rostow contemporaries Dean Acheson, Walter Lippman, and Cyrus Vance housed in the University libraries.