Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. Foreign Policy Making

The Machinery of Crisis
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-26952-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. Foreign Policy Making examines for the first time the important role of crisis management in the making of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Kissinger years. The book offers a critical account of the manner in which the president and his national security advisor - notorious for their tight grip on the machinery of U.S. foreign policy - dominated the structures and processes of foreign policy making. By drawing on a wealth of previously classified documents, Asaf Siniver reveals the story of the Washington Special Actions Group (WSAG), which managed foreign policy crises in the Nixon administration. In this thoroughly researched account of the performance of Nixon, Kissinger and the WSAG in four international crises, Siniver provides a fresh analysis of the important relationship among structures, processes and personalities in the making of U.S. foreign policy during international crises.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siniver, Asaf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Structures, processes, and personalities in U.S. foreign policy; 2. The making of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Kissinger years; 3. The incursion into Cambodia, Spring 1970; 4. The Jordanian crisis, September 1970; 5. The India-Pakistan War, December 1971; 6. The Yom Kippur War, October 1973.

Über Autor(innen)

Siniver, Asaf
Dr Asaf Siniver is Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham.