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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... achieve that goal without war . At the same time they want more economic progress at home . They will work with us only when doing so serves one or more of these three objectives . In the light of this analysis , the policy America ...
... achieve this , it is essential to minimize the number of occasions on which the great powers have to decide whether or not to commit their forces . These choices cannot be eliminated , but they can be reduced by the development of ...
... achieve among states widely divergent in values , goals , expectations , and previous experience . The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order . In its absence , the awesome available power ...
... achieve dominance if several others combined to prevent it . But this was not the case in the era of the superpowers of the forties and fifties . Outside Europe , our allies added to our strength only marginally ; they were in no ...
... achieve . The advocates of relaxation of tensions have been no more precise ; they have been more concerned with atmosphere than with the substance of talks . In fact , the difference between the " hawks " and " doves " has usually ...