The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy
Title:
The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy
Author:
Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965-
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description:
xxii, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction : a prize-winning performance? -- The aspiring statesman -- Kissinger, Nixon, and the challenges of '69 -- Bombs and back channels -- Progress and promise -- Negotiating in the shadow of war -- Crises and opportunities -- Breakthroughs -- The first test : triangular diplomacy and the Indo-Pakistani war -- "The week that changed the world" -- High stakes : triangulation, Moscow, and Vietnam -- Exiting Vietnam -- Highs and lows -- Secretary of State -- Unilateral advantage : the October war and shuttle diplomacy -- Nixon's farewell : Watergate, Kissinger and foreign policy --Renewal? Ford, Vladivostok, and Kissinger -- Not our loss : exit from Vietnam -- The worst hour : Angola and East Timor -- "Worse than in the days of McCarthy" : Kissinger and the marathon of 1976 -- The chairman 'on trial' -- Conclusion : the flawed architect.
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ISBN:
9780195172218
Format :
Book
