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Oct 07, 1916 New York City, New York, United States Died on 13 Feb 2003 (aged 86)
American economist and political theorist
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About Walt Whitman Rostow
- Walt Whitman Rostow (also known as Walt Rostow or W.W.
- Rostow) (October 7, 1916 – February 13, 2003) was an American economist, professor and political theorist who served as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to US President Lyndon B.
- Johnson from 1966 to 1969.Rostow worked in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and later was a foreign policy adviser and speechwriter for presidential candidate and then President John F.
- Kennedy; he is often credited with writing Kennedy's famous "New Frontier" speech.
- Prominent for his role in the shaping of US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise, strongly supporting US involvement in the Vietnam War.
- Rostow is known for his book The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960), which was used in several fields of social science.
- Rostow's theories were embraced by many officials in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations as a possible counter to the increasing popularity of communism in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Unlike other protagonists of the Vietnam War (like Robert McNamara), Rostow never apologized for his actions, and this stance effectively ostracized him from work in top American universities after his retirement from government service.
- His older brother Eugene Rostow also held a number of high government foreign policy posts.
