The flawed architect Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy - Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965- (New York : Oxford University Press, 2004)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index.
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Keywords: 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.; Electronic books