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A tangled web : the making of foreign policy in the Nixon Presidency /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Hill and Wang, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 647 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0809091518 (alk. paper)
  • 9780809091515 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73 21
LOC classification:
  • E855 .B85 1998
Other classification:
  • 15.85
Online resources:
Contents:
An hour and a man -- The first fifteen months -- 1970: a troubled year -- 1971: progress and preparation -- The triumphs of 1972 -- "Peace" comes to Indochina -- Under pressure -- The Middle East war and the oil crisis -- What came after -- Summing up.
Summary: Richard Nixon's accomplishments in foreign affairs - his China policy, detente with the USSR and the conclusion of the Vietnam War - have long been cited as an enduring legacy. A Tangled Web offers a critical reassessment of Nixon's foreign policy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [607]-620) and index.

An hour and a man -- The first fifteen months -- 1970: a troubled year -- 1971: progress and preparation -- The triumphs of 1972 -- "Peace" comes to Indochina -- Under pressure -- The Middle East war and the oil crisis -- What came after -- Summing up.

Richard Nixon's accomplishments in foreign affairs - his China policy, detente with the USSR and the conclusion of the Vietnam War - have long been cited as an enduring legacy. A Tangled Web offers a critical reassessment of Nixon's foreign policy.

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