The flawed architect : Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / Jussi Hanhimäki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023.

Kissinger, Henry.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

United States.

Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.

International relations.

United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This first major reassessment of Kissinger in over a decade paints a subtle, carefully composed portrait of America's most famous and infamous statesman.

Contents:

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 : triangular 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [535]-539) and index.

ISBN:

0195172213

OCLC:

54966195