Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976, V. 1: Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972Government Printing Office NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE --Significantly reduced list price while supplies last This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of the administration of Richard M. Nixon. The subseries will present a documentary record of major foreign policy decisions and actions of President Nixon's administration. This volume documents the intellectual assumptions underlying the foreign policy decisions made by the administration. President Nixon had a strong interest in foreign policy and he and his assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger managed many of the more important aspects of foreign policy from the White House. Nixon and Kissinger shared a well-defined general perception of world affairs. The editors of the volume sought to present a representative selection of documents chosen to develop the primary intellectual themes that ran through and animated the administration's foreign policy. The documents selected focus heavily upon the perspectives of Nixon and Kissinger but also include those of Secretary of State Rogers, Secretary of Defense Laird, Under Secretary of State Richardson and others. High school students and above may be interested in this volume for research on U.S. foreign policy and the Richard Nixon administration. Additionally, political scientists, and international relations scholars may also be interested in this volume. High School, academic, and public libraries should include this primary source reference in foreign policy, social studies, and U.S. history collections. |
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... China . Triangular diplomacy embraced the assumptions underlying the diplomatic opening to China and the Moscow summit in 1972 . Editorial Methodology The documents are presented chronologically according to Washington time . Memoranda ...
... National Security Council NSDM , National Security Decision Memorandum NSSM , National Security Study Memorandum POW , prisoner of war PRC , People's Republic of China RG , Record Group ROC , Republic of China SALT XVII Abbreviations.
... Chinese Communist Party and of the Politburo of the People's Republic of China Moynihan , Daniel P. , Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs , January - December 1969 ; Counselor to the President , January 1970 - January 1971 ...
... China's seven hundred million . Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia , and Thailand are all dramatic economic success stories . There are grey areas : As General Romulo might put it , the Philippines suffer from too much American style ...
... China to free China , from Communist Cuba to the free American republics , the traffic is all one way — from Communism to freedom . Let us reappraise U.S. policy in the light of the new world in which we live . In Western Europe we must ...