Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976, V. 1: Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972NOTE: 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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... United Kingdom UN , United Nations US , United States USSR , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WEU , West European Union WW , World War Persons Brezhnev , Leonid , General Secretary of the Communist XVIII Abbreviations and Terms.
Twenty years ago Western Europe was weak economically and dependent on the United States . It was united by a common fear of the ... Even without De Gaulle , the European Alliance would be in deep trouble . Let us look at the Communist ...
In Western Europe we must recognize that clearly apart from De Gaulle's actions the new economic independence of European countries and the lack of fear of Soviet aggression have contributed to a situation where it is not possible to ...
We must recognize that frustration over Vietnam , disillusionment with our European allies who , despite our immense postWorld War II aid to them , more often than not refused to cooperate with us in our foreign policy objectives ...
This Spring a great debate raged in the chanceries of Europe and among foreign policy experts in the United States as to how much Soviet policy had changed under its new leaders . Some Soviet experts on both sides of the Atlantic saw ...