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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... turning our backs on Europe , we have now to reach out westward to the East , and to fashion the sinews of a Pacific com- munity . This has to be a community in the fullest sense : a community of purpose , of understanding and of mutual ...
... turn of the century , international crises have been increasing in both frequency and severity . The contemporary unrest , although less apocalyptic than the two world wars which spawned it , is even more profoundly revolu- tionary in ...
... turn concen- trated on soothing occasional European outbreaks of insecurity rather than on analyzing their causes . Tutelage is a comfortable relationship for the senior partner , but it is demoralizing in the long run . It breeds ...
... turn consultation into a frustrating exercise which compounds rather than alleviates discord . Consultation is especially difficult when it lacks an integrating over - all framework . The consultation about the nonproliferation treaty ...
... Turning NATO into an instrument of détente might reduce its security contribution without achieving a relaxation of ten- sions . A diplomatic confrontation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact would have all the rigidities of the bipolar ...