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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... and economic strength of Western Europe thwarted their progressive designs on that area . They faced increased demand for consumer goods from the Russian people . They looked down the Foundations of Foreign Policy , 1969–1972 7.
... strength from the United States and Europe . It has weakened to the point at which it is little more than an institutional embodiment of an American commitment , and a somewhat anachronistic relic of the days when France and Britain ...
... strength , without an unbalancing great - power presence . I do not mean to minimize the difficulties of winning acceptance of such a concept . In Japan , public opinion still lags behind official awareness of military needs . The ...
... strengths as a counterforce to the designs of China ; one in which Japan will play an increasing role , as befits its commanding position as a world economic power ; and one in which U.S. leadership is exercised with restraint , with ...
... strength between the two giant nuclear countries and the rest of the world is likely to increase rather than diminish over that period . Military bipolarity is a source of rigidity in foreign policy . The guardians of the equilibrium of ...