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Raised in Boston, Massachusetts he came from a family long involved in politics. His brother, McGeorge Bundy, was an integral part of the both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He was married to Mary Acheson the daughter of Truman's Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

While McGeorge started in academia William went to work with the CIA. At the outbreak of World War II he had joined the ArmyThe Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of fiscal year 2002 (FY02), it consisted of 480,000 soldiers on active duty and 555,000 in reserve (350,000 in Army National G Signal CorpsThe Signal Corps is a military branch, usually subordinate to a country's army. Many countries have a Signal Corps, whose main function is usually communication (in modern times, usually radio communication on the battlefield). The word corps is used in t and was eventually posted to Bletchley ParkBletchley Park BP was the site of a secret British military intelligence operation during and just before World War II (WWII). The site was named after the mansion in the grounds of which it was established. While the mansion was part of the operation, ma. After the war he attended law school and then joined the young intelligence service.

He moved to politics becoming the Assistant Secretary of State for Far EastFar East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. Russian Far East, and the western Pacific Ocean region. See also Near East, Orient.ern Affairs, and thus played an important role in the Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a war fought between 1957 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos See Secret War) and in bombing runs ( Rolling Thunder) over North Vietnam. See also the timeline of the Vietnam War. Fighting on. While at the time he supported the intervention, he later decided it was a tragic mistake.

He was somewhat to the left of his brother politically, and was a spirited opponent of Joseph McCarthyThis article is about the American politician. For other people with the same name, see Joseph McCarthy (disambiguation). Joseph Raymond McCarthy ( November 15, 1908— May 2, 1957) was an American politician of the Republican Party. McCarthy served as a U.. He was also considered one of the administration's more dovish members on Vietnam.

He left politics on 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i to teach at MITMotto Mens et Manus ("mind and hand") Established 1861 School type Private President Charles Vest (successor Susan Hockfield to take office in December 2004) Location Cambridge, Mass. USA Enrollment 4,112 undergraduate, 6,228 graduate Faculty 974 Campus U, he also became editor of Foreign Affairs. In 1972 he moved to Princeton University where he remained for the rest of his life. His most noted work is Tangled Web which explores the foreign policy of the Nixon administration.

The Bundy brothers are the subject of a biography by Kai Bird , titled The Color of Truth.