Talk:Walt Rostow

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HOMICIDAL FORCE

Now I don't like walt rostow any more than the next guy, but saying he endorsed "homicidal force to slaughter vietnamese children, women and men with bombs, chemicals and guns" while to some degree accurate, is not a neutral phrasing, and ought to be changed.

Some one has a bone to pick and is edit warring on this entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.65.162.19 (talk) 16:34, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Vietnam Comment

I agree. The comment is clearly partisan and unprofessional. It doesn't belong here.

There's a negative gatekeeper on this Wiki, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.65.162.19 (talk) 16:37, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

This is supposed to be an encyclopedia...

... and I agree that the line about slaughtering children should be relegated to the discussion section.

todo for this article

No time nor energy for this now, but WWR's acadamic career should be more clearly distinguished from his role as a political advisor and public servant. The article currently appears to present a chronological overview that does not seem appropriate, as it mixes the two separate dimensions of his legacy, both of which merit independent treatment. dr.ef.tymac 16:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Balance

The earlier article on Rostow was perhaps one of the worst in Wikipedia. This one is studiously neutral to point that it contains little useful information beyond general facts. I agree with the previous poster - Rostow's time in government service does deserve a great deal of elaboration. His career in government, and his influence on American policy in Vietnam has generally been interpreted in three ways, none of them mutually exclusive but all of them in conflict. Balance and explication would be the key to introducing these analytical interpretations. Tithonicus (talk) 18:12, 13 March 2009 (UTC) Tithonicus

The Best and The Brightest

I'm gonna try to pull more quotes from this book and put it in. Halberstam's book really goes in depth and fleshes out Rostow's shimmering but painfully circumscibed brilliance. Rostow had to have been one of the most unwittingly comic people to ever serve our country at such a high level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.37.162.214 (talk) 08:30, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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Israel

I rather think that the section on Israel is rather POV-ish. Rostow was not involved with the Israeli nuclear program. It was an issue at the time, but the title on that section suggests he was "involved" in helping Israel developing nuclear weapons, which is not true at all. The nation that helped Israel develop nuclear weapons was France, not the United States. At most, it can said is that Rostow was aware that in the 1960s Israel was probably building nuclear weapons with French assistance, and he felt that the United States should not confront Israel too strongly on that matter, through that was a case of him telling President Johnson what he wanted to hear. I feel that section should be merged into the section on his time as National Security Adviser.--A.S. Brown (talk) 06:12, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Ανδρέας Κρυστάλλης

This individual is involved in negative gatekeeping and is committed to turning this article into a propaganda piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.65.162.19 (talk) 16:39, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Grammar and Spelling

This article should be proofread as there are innumerable misspellings and grammatical errors. 2601:192:103:DCE0:B969:1B3:52EF:3718 (talk) 01:36, 5 February 2022 (UTC)