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Hanhimàˆki Jussi M. <1965-> |
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Titolo |
The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / / Jussi Hanhimàˆki |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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0-19-992404-X |
0-19-534674-2 |
1-280-84381-0 |
0-19-518431-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (581 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Statesmen - United States |
Cabinet officers - United States |
United States Foreign relations 1969-1974 |
United States Politics and government 1969-1974 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Henry Kissinger dominated American foreign relations like no other figure in recent history. He negotiated an end to American involvement in the Vietnam War, opened relations with Communist China, and |
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