2004, ISBN: 9780195172218

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Henry Kissinger dominated American foreign relations like no other figure in recent history. He negotiated an end to A… Mehr…

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 orchestrated detente with the Soviet Union. Yet he is also the man behind the secret bombing of Cambodia and policies leading to the overthrow of Chile's President Salvador Allende. Which is more accurate, the picture of Kissinger the skilled diplomat or Kissinger the war criminal? In The Flawed Architect, the first major reassessment of Kissinger in over a decade, historian Jussi Hanhimaki paints a subtle, carefully composed portrait of America's most famous and infamous statesman. Drawing on extensive research from newly declassified files, the author follows Kissinger from his beginnings in the Nixon administration up to the current controversy fed by Christopher Hitchens over whether Kissinger is a war criminal. Hanhimaki guides the reader through White House power struggles and debates behind the Cambodia and Laos invasions, the search for a strategy in Vietnam, the breakthrough with China, and the unfolding of Soviet-American detente. Here, too, are many other international crises of the period--the Indo-Pakistani War, the Yom Kippur War, the Angolan civil war--all set against the backdrop of Watergate. Along the way, Hanhimaki sheds light on Kissinger's personal flaws--he was obsessed with secrecy and bureaucratic infighting in an administration that self-destructed in its abuse of power--as well as his great strengths as a diplomat. We see Kissinger negotiating, threatening and joking with virtually all of the key foreign leaders of the 1970s, from Mao to Brezhnev and Anwar Sadat to Golda Meir. This well researched account brings to life the complex nature of American foreign policymaking during the Kissinger years. It will be the standard work on Kissinger for years to come; 554 pages; Description: xxii, 554 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index. Subjects: 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, New York : Oxford University Press, 2004, 0<

2004, ISBN: 9780195172218

Oxford, University Press, XXII, 554 p. Half Cloth with dust jacket. Schutzumschlag etwas berieben, Vorderschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichu… Mehr…

Oxford, University Press, XXII, 554 p. Half Cloth with dust jacket. Schutzumschlag etwas berieben, Vorderschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Dust jacket somewhat rubbed, fore edge slightly soiled, otherwise a good and clean copy without markings. - Contents Acknowledgmen ts Introduction: A Prize-Winning Performance? 1 The Aspiring Statesman 2 Kissinger, Nixon, and the Challenges of ?69 3 Bombs and Back Channels 4 Progress and Promise 5 Negotiating in the Shadow of War 6 Crises and Opportunities 7 Breakthroughs 8 The First Test: Triangular Diplomacy and the Indo-Pakistani War 9 ?The Week That Changed the World? 10 High Stakes: Triangulation, Moscow, and Vietnam 11 Exiting Vietnam 12 Highs and Lows 13 Secretary of State 14 Unilateral Advantage: The October War and Shuttle Diplomacy 15 Nixon?s Farewell: Watergate, Kissinger, and Foreign Policy 16 Renewal? Ford, Vladivostok, and Kissinger 17 Not Our Loss: Exit from Vietnam 18 The Worst Hour: Angola and East Timor 19 ?Worse Than in the Days of McCarthy?: Kissinger and the Marathon of 1976 20 The Chairman ?On Trial? Conclusion: The Flawed Architect Notes Selected Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780195172218Politik / Soziologie 2004, [PU: Oxford University Press]<