LEADER 03893nam 2200685 450 001 9910790519903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-12349-7 010 $a1-4008-4946-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849468 035 $a(CKB)2550000001130568 035 $a(EBL)1422532 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001153660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11667628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001153660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11150733 035 $a(PQKB)11384227 035 $a(OCoLC)861199868 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37197 035 $a(DE-B1597)447460 035 $a(OCoLC)979970364 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1422532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10782432 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL530379 035 $a(OCoLC)867925654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1422532 035 $a(dli)HEB34148 035 $a(MiU)MIU01200000000000000000043 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001130568 100 $a20050420h20062006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlind oracles $eintellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger /$fBruce Kuklick 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2006] 210 4$d©2006 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13387-5 311 $a1-299-99128-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe social rule of the man of knowledge -- Scientific management and war, 1910-1960 -- Theorists of war, 1945-1953 -- RAND in opposition, 1946-1961 -- Accented and unaccented realism, 1946-1961 -- RAND and the Kennedy administration, 1961-1962 -- Cuba and Nassau, 1962 -- Intellectuals in power, 1961-1966 -- The Kennedy school of government, 1964-1971 -- The Pentagon papers -- Henry Kissinger -- Diplomats on foreign policy, 1976-2001. 330 $aIn this trenchant analysis, historian Bruce Kuklick examines the role of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. He recounts the history of the development of ideas about strategy and foreign policy during a critical period in American history: the era of the nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. The book looks at how the country's foremost thinkers advanced their ideas during this time of United States expansionism, a period that culminated in the Vietnam War and détente with the Soviets. Beginning with George Kennan after World War II, and concluding with Henry Kissinger and the Vietnam War, Kuklick examines the role of both institutional policymakers such as those at The Rand Corporation and Harvard's Kennedy School, and individual thinkers including Paul Nitze, McGeorge Bundy, and Walt Rostow. Kuklick contends that the figures having the most influence on American strategy--Kissinger, for example--clearly understood the way politics and the exercise of power affects policymaking. Other brilliant thinkers, on the other hand, often played a minor role, providing, at best, a rationale for policies adopted for political reasons. At a time when the role of the neoconservatives' influence over American foreign policy is a subject of intense debate, this book offers important insight into the function of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. 606 $aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989$xDecision making 615 0$aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a327.73 686 $a15.85$2bcl 700 $aKuklick$b Bruce$f1941-$0792406 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790519903321 996 $aBlind oracles$91771853 997 $aUNINA