Kissinger's shadow : the long reach of America's most controversial statesman
Grandin, Greg, 1962-2015
Book
Examining Kissinger's own writings, as well as a wealth of newly declassified documents, Grandin reveals how Richard Nixon's top foreign policy advisor, even as he was presiding over defeat in Vietnam and a disastrous, secret, and illegal war in Cambodia, was helping to revive a militarized version of American exceptionalism centered on an imperial presidency. Believing that reality could be bent to his will, insisting that intuition is more important in determining policy than hard facts, and vowing that past mistakes should never hinder future bold action, Kissinger anticipated, even enabled, the ascendance of the neoconservative idealists who took America into crippling wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles Library | Adult Non Fiction | 327.2092 GRAHardback | Available |
Main title:
Author:
Grandin, Greg, 1962-, author
Imprint:
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2015.New York : Metropolitan Books, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781627794497 (hbk)
Dewey class:
327.2092
Language:
English
Subject:
Kissinger, Henry, 1923- -- InfluenceUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989United States -- Military policyUnited States -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryStatesmen -- United StatesMilitarism -- United StatesExceptionalism -- United StatesNational security -- United StatesUnited States -- Military policy -- Decision makingUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy
BRN:
1833892