The certaintrumpet

the long version

This book concerns the American experience in Vietnam in the 1960s, focusing on one of its key figures: Maxwell Davenport Taylor. As a four-star general he served as Army chief of staff, then in John Kennedy's administration, and ultimately in the Pentagon as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Subsequently, as a civilian, he was in Saigon as ambassador to Vietnam; finally, he came back to the White House as a special consultant to President Lyndon Johnson.