Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965-
The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy Jussi Hanhimäki. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xxii, 554 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index.
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 : Triangulation 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.
0195172213 (acidfree paper)
2004008371
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
E840.8.K58 / H36 2004
973.92 B
The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy Jussi Hanhimäki. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xxii, 554 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index.
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 : Triangulation 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.
0195172213 (acidfree paper)
2004008371
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
E840.8.K58 / H36 2004
973.92 B