Zbigniew Brzezinski : America's Grand Strategist / Justin Vaïsse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaïsse, Justin, author.

Contributor:

Porter, Catherine, 1941- translator.

Standardized Title:

Zbigniew Brzezinski. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 1928-2017.

Brzezinski, Zbigniew.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Polish Americans--Biography.

Polish Americans.

National security--United States--History--20th century.

National security.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

United States--Strategic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English and French.

Summary:

As National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) guided U.S. foreign policy at a critical juncture of the Cold War. But his impact on America's role in the world extends far beyond his years in the White House, and reverberates to this day. His geopolitical vision, scholarly writings, frequent media appearances, and policy advice to decades of presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama made him America's grand strategist, a mantle only Henry Kissinger could also claim. Both men emigrated from turbulent Europe in 1938 and got their Ph.D.s in the 1950s from Harvard, then the epitome of the Cold War university. With its rise to global responsibilities, the United States needed professionals. Ambitious academics like Brzezinski soon replaced the old establishment figures who had mired the country in Vietnam, and they transformed the way America conducted foreign policy. Justin Vaïsse offers the first biography of the successful immigrant who completed a remarkable journey from his native Poland to the White House, interacting with influential world leaders from Gloria Steinem to Deng Xiaoping to John Paul II. This complex intellectual portrait reveals a man who weighed in on all major foreign policy debates since the 1950s, from his hawkish stance on the USSR to his advocacy for the Middle East peace process and his support for a U.S.-China global partnership. Through its examination of Brzezinski's statesmanship and comprehensive vision, Zbigniew Brzezinski raises important questions about the respective roles of ideas and identity in foreign policy.

Contents:

1. A Brilliant Young Man in the Cold War University

2. A Political Adviser Is Born

3. The Rise of a New Foreign Policy Elite

4. From the Trilateral Commission to the White House

5. Portrait of an Academic in Politics

6. In the White House

7. The Age of Authority

Conclusion.

Notes:

"This book was originally published in French as Zbigniew Brzezinski. Stratège de l'empire, copyright Odile Jacob, 2016."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780674919488

0674919483

9780674919501

0674919505

OCLC:

1043629289