"Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist of this century, Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest,…
"Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist of this century, Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest,…
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En fremstilling af Watergate-sagen der vender op og ned på de forestillinger, man hidtil har haft om, hvad sagen handlede om
SILENT COUP documents the political and personal agendas that combined to destroy Richard Nixon. This is the true story of betrayal at the nation's highest level. Unfolding with the suspenseful pace of a le Carre spy thriller, it reveals the personal motives and secret politica…
More than half a century after Eisenhower left office, the history of his presidency is so clouded by myth, partisanship, and outright fraud that most people have little understanding of how Ike's administration worked or what it accomplished. We know-or think we know-that Eisen…
En massiv bog om udviklingen i amerikansk-sovjetiske forhold 1969-1984 og årsagerne til denne udvikling. Ligeledes studeres faktorer omkring afspændingsforsøgene primo 1970'erne og sammenbruddet af disse forsøg ultimo 1970'erne samt de nye tilnærmelsesforsøg i 1980'erne.
In their initial effort to end the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger attempted to lever concessions from Hanoi at the negotiating table with military force and coercive diplomacy. They were not seeking military victory, which they did not believe was feasible. Inste…