Diplomacy

Name: Diplomacy
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ISBN: 9780671510992

ISBN-10: 0671510991

ISBN-13: 9780671510992

Edition: 1995 (Reprint)

Authors: Henry Kissinger

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THE SEMINAL WORK ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations. Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive,Diplomacystands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 4/4/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 912
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.530

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty. He is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Years of Renewal and Diplomacy. Dr. Kissinger is currently the chair of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. Born in Germany and a U.S. citizen since 1943, he lives in New York.




The New World Order



The Hinge: Theodore Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson



From Universality to Equilibrium: Richelieu, William of Orange, and Pitt



The Concert of Europe: Great Britain, Austria, and Russia



Two Revolutionaries: Napoleon III and Bismarck



Realpolitik Turns on Itself



A Political Doomsday Machine: European Diplomacy Before the First World War



Into the Vortex: The Military Doomsday Machine



The New Face of Diplomacy: Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles



The Dilemmas of the Victors



Stresemann and the Re-emergence of the Vanquished



The End of Illusion: Hitler and the Destruction of Versailles



Stalin's Bazaar



The Nazi-Soviet Pact



America Re-enters the Arena: Franklin Delano Roosevelt



Three Approaches to Peace: Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in World War II



The Beginning of the Cold War



The Success and the Pain of Containment



The Dilemma of Containment: The Korean War



Negotiating with the Communists: Adenauer, Churchill, and Eisenhower



Leapfrogging Containment: The Suez Crisis



Hungary: Upheaval in the Empire



Khrushchev's Ultimatum: The Berlin Crisis 1958-6324 Concepts of Western Unity: Macmillan, de Gaulle, Eisenhower, and Kennedy



Vietnam: Entry into the Morass; Truman and Eisenhower



Vietnam: On the Road to Despair; Kennedy and Johnson



Vietnam: The Extrication; Nixon



Foreign Policy as Geopolitics: Nixon's Triangular Diplomacy



Detente and Its Discontents



The End of the Cold War: Reagan and Gorbachev



The New World Order Reconsidered


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index