TY - BOOK AU - Hanhim�aki,Jussi M. TI - The flawed architect: Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy U1 - 973.924092 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Kissinger, Henry, KW - Statesmen KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Cabinet officers KW - Foreign relations KW - 1969-1974 KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [534]-539) and index; Introduction : a prize-winning performance? -- The aspiring statesman -- Kissinger, Nixon, and the challenges of '69 -- Bombs and back channels -- Progress and promise -- Negotiating in the shadow of war -- Crises and opportunities -- Breakthroughs -- The first test : Triangulation diplomacy and the Indo-Pakistani war -- "The week that changed the world" -- High stakes : triangulation, Moscow, and Vietnam -- Exiting Vietnam -- Highs and lows -- Secretary of State -- Unilateral advantage : the October war and shuttle diplomacy -- Nixon's farewell : Watergate, Kissinger and foreign policy -- Renewal? Ford, Vladivostok, and Kissinger -- Not our loss : exit from Vietnam -- The worst hour : Angola and East Timor -- "Worse than in the days of McCarthy" : Kissinger and the marathon of 1976 -- The chairman 'on trial' -- Conclusion : the flawed architect; History - GED ER -