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Hanhimaki, Jussi M., 1965-

The flawed architect Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / [electronic resource] : 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E840.8.K58 / H36 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.924/092 B