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The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy
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The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / Jussi Hanhimäki.
ISBN
0195172213 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
xxii, 554 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ([535]-539) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a prize-winning performance?
The aspiring statesman
Kissinger, Nixon, and the challenges of '69
Bombs and backchannels
Progress and promise
Negotiating in the shadow of war
Crises and opportunities
Breakthroughs
The first test : 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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