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Bookmark or Share- George Ball (diplomat) - WikipediaGeorge Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered by most as the only cabinet member of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson who was a major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War.
- George Ball; Fought Vietnam Policy Under Kennedy, LBJGeorge Ball; Fought Vietnam Policy Under Kennedy, LBJ. George Ball, whose tenure as undersecretary of state in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations was marked by his...
- “It was an Unwinnable War” - Association for Diplomatic Studies ...George Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He supported the 1963 overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in 1968, where he passionately criticized the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
- Going to War in Vietnam | American Diplomacy Est 1996One of the most prominent dissenting U. S. officials in the Cold War epoch was George W. Ball. The role played by George Ball in contesting American policy in Vietnam during the 1960s has received much praise over the years.
- George W. Ball Dies at 84; Vietnam's Devil's AdvocateGeorge W. Ball, who as Under Secretary of State in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations argued forcefully but unsuccessfully against United States involvement in the Vietnam War, died...
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