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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821717703321

Autore

Suri Jeremi

Titolo

Henry Kissinger and the American century / / Jeremi Suri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cumberland : , : Harvard University Press, , [2009]

©2007

ISBN

0-674-28195-0

0-674-28194-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages)

Disciplina

327.730092

Soggetti

Cold War

Statesmen - United States

United States Foreign relations 1969-1974

United States Foreign relations 1974-1977

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction: The Making of the American Century -- ONE Democracy and Its Discontents -- TWO Transatlantic Ties -- THREE The Cold War University -- FOUR A Strategy of Limits -- FIVE A Statesman's Revolution -- SIX From Germany to Jerusalem -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What made Henry Kissinger the kind of diplomat he was? What experiences and influences shaped his worldview and provided the framework for his approach to international relations? Suri offers a thought-provoking, interpretive study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century.