George Ball (diplomat)
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George Ball (diplomat)
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George Wildman Ball 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. Ball advised against deploying U.S. combat forces, as he believed it would lead the United States into an unwinnable war and result in a prolonged conflict. Instead, he argued that the United Stat
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United States diplomat that spoke out against U.S. involvement in Vietnam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ball_(diplomat)
date created:
2004-01-06T02:51:40Z
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2024-09-06T01:31:08Z
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