The East Wind Subsides: Chinese Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Cultural Revolution

History

Wedeman, Andrew Hall

Asia

Washington Inst Pr

The Politics of Latin American Liberation Theology: The Challenge to U.S. Public Policy

Roth, John K.

Rubenstein, Richard L.

Religion & Spirituality

<p>Argues that the U.S. failed to understand the foreign policy implications of the Vietnam War, and looks at Russian and Chinese perspectives</p>

Vietnam: Strategy for a Stalemate

Parker, F. Charles

Americas

Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental Alternative?

Business & Money

Economics

Confucianism and Economic Development

<p>Examines Nixon's foreign policy, and shows how the Watergate Affair resulted in Henry Kissinger gaining more influence.</p>

The Nixon-Kissinger Years: Reshaping of America's Foreign Policy

Biographies & Memoirs

Thornton, Richard C.

Leaders & Notable People

Reform and Transformation in Communist Systems: Comparative Perspectives

Zacek, Jane Shapiro

Kim, Ilpyong J.

This book, reprinted from the original 1991 edition, is still the classic on President Carter's foreign policy."No government can at the same time protect the nation's security and tell its people the truth. All governments seek to bridge the gap to one degree or another, but never succeed completely. The width of the resulting gap between truth and security denotes a government's credibility, or lack of it."  Richard C. ThorntonAlthough Jimmy Carter came to office fully prepared to carry forward the general strategy of a new global order initiated by Henry Kissinger in 1973, his administration immediately encountered a Soviet Union embarked upon a multi-pronged geopolitical offensive, backed by a major advance in strategic weaponry, which threatened to undermine America's global position. Recognition of the Soviet offensive forced a reconsideration of American strategy, splitting the new administration. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance insisted that the strategy of a new global order, whose prerequisite was detente with the Soviet Union, remained viable. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, on the other hand, argued that a temporary return to some modified form of containment was necessary. President Carter, caught between the diametrically conflicting advice of his principal advisers, vacillated-at times supporting the views of one adviser, then the other. Even though Secretary Vance generally prevailed, the result was that indecision and vacillation marked the foreign policy of the Carter years.Written by a leading expert in the field of history and international affairs, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the forces at work during the Carter years and how decisions made during that time influenced US history.

The Carter Years: Toward a New Global Order

Spirit Matters: The Worldwide Impact of Religion on Contemporary Politics

Human Rights in East Asia: A Cultural Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

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