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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... believe in building bridges but we should build only our end of the bridge . For example , there should be no extension of long term credits or trade in strategic items with any nation , including the Soviet Union , which aids the enemy ...
... believe that its vital interests were threatened and to respond by occupying the country without even the pretext of legality . The tensions produced by ideological conflict are exacerbated by the reduction in influence of the states ...
... believe in the necessity of defense policy is inevitable and bound to be inconclusive . Moreover , the longer peace is maintained - or the more successful deterrence is the more it furnishes arguments for those who are opposed to the ...
... believe it is time now for a new diplomacy . " While we are the richest nation and the most powerful nation in the non - Communist world , we must remember that we are only two hundred million Americans , and there are two billion ...
... believe I can do that . " You know , I think in the long run you can't have a billion people outside the world community . It just doesn't make any sense . What we can do to further their becoming peaceful and constructive factors in ...