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EB

ONLINE

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

1 online resource (xxii, 554 p.) : ill

ISBN 9780195346749 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0195172213 (acid-free paper)

ISBN 9780195172218

Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)57138117