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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... important when the threat takes the form of an externally supported guerrilla action , as we have faced in Viet Nam ... importance ; that with the weakening of rigid central control of the communist world , local fights between communist ...
... important that we recognize this , but equal- 2 There are no sections marked I or II . ly important that in trying to maintain a dynamic stability Foundations of Foreign Policy , 1969–1972 13.
... important that in trying to maintain a dynamic stability we remem- ber that the stability is as important as the dynamism . If a given set of ends is deemed desirable , then from the standpoint of those dedicated to peace and an ...
... important thing is that the leaders do know what is possible , and by and large they are determined to make it happen . Whether that process is going to proceed at a pace fast enough to keep one step ahead of the pressure of rising ...
... important for the peace and security of the world . But to be effective , they require an intellectual resolution of the issues which have bedeviled the formulation of military policy . Unless we are able to give an operational meaning ...