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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The Historian of the Department of State is charged with the responsibility for the preparation of the Foreign Relations series . The staff of the Office of the Historian , Bureau of Public Affairs , plans , researches , compiles , and ...
... except for the threat of a major power involving nuclear weapons , the United States is going to encourage and has the right to expect that this problem will be handled by , and responsibility for it taken by , Asian nations ...
Both men came to their new responsibilities with welldeveloped views on foreign policy . A selection of speeches and writings by Nixon and Kissinger during the 2 - year period prior to the assumption of office in 1969 is presented at ...
Nations not possessing great power can indulge in the luxury of criticism of others ; those possessing it have the responsibility of decision . Faced with a clear challenge , the decision not to use one's power must be as deliberate as ...
Not to trust Japan today with its own armed forces and with responsibility for its own defense would be to place its people and its government under a disability which , whatever its roots in painful recent history , ill accords with ...
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| Title | Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976, V. 1: Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972 |
| Authors | Louis J. Smith, David H. Herschler |
| Publisher | Government Printing Office |
| ISBN | 0160512824, 9780160512827 |
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