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Cold War Patriot and Statesman

Richard M. Nixon

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Cold War Patriot and Statesman

Richard M. Nixon

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The only apparent consensus about the Nixon Presidency is that his accomplishments in the foreign policy area far outshadowed those in the domestic arena. The advances for which he was responsible--in particular, the opening to China--brought the most significant improvement in foreign relations among the great powers in decades. The Nixon diplomacy worked, while many of his domestic programs failed. This was true, the editors of this Hofstra-sponsored volume maintain, because there was more of a sense of realism and caution in his dealings with foreign governments and a willingness to compromise and accommodate their interests--a tolerance he often lacked in the domestic area.

This volume outlines the main components of the Nixon foreign policy, beginning with the significant effort to bring China into the world community. The manner in which the Vietnam war was ended is examined, as are the evolution of American policy in the Middle East and the efforts at detente. With essays and observations from scholars and participants in the making of that policy, this volume is significant reading for all students of American foreign policy and the presidency.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreign Policy Initiatives
Overall Assessment
The Nixon Foreign Policy by Henry A. Kissinger, Introduced by Han Xu
The Opening to China
President Nixon and Sino-U.S. Relations by Han Xu
The Asian Balance and Sino-American Rapprochement during the Nixon Administration by Robert G. Sutter
Discussant
Jerome A. Cohen
Ending the Vietnam War
The American Withdrawal from Vietnam: Some Military and Political Considerations by William M. Hammond
Secret Commitments in President Nixon's Foreign Policy: The National Security Council and Nixon's Letters to South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu by Nguyen Tien Hung and Jerrold L. Schecter
Discussants
Frances FitzGerald
Guenter Lewy
Robert Miller
Détente and the Soviet Union
The Rise and Stall of Détente, 1969-1974 by Robert D. Schulzinger
Discussants
Aleksandr M. Belonogov
Hedrick Smith
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
The Middle East and Energy Policy
Peace or Oil: The Nixon Administration and Its Middle East Policy Choices by Gideon Doron
Discussants
Alfred L. Atherton
Hermann Frederick Eilts
Jo-Ann Hart
Dale R. Tahitnen
The Foreign Policy Process
Defense and National Security
The Defense Policies of the Nixon Administration: A Decade of Neglect or Prudent Readjustment? by Lawrence J. Korb
The Making of the All-Volunteer Armed Forces by Martin Anderson
Discussants
Martin Binkin
Adam Yarmolinsky
Foreign Policy Development
The Nixon Doctrine as History and Portent by Earl C. Ravenal
Richard Nixon as Summit Diplomat by Elmer Plischke
Continuities and Contradictions in the Nixon Foreign Policy by Kenneth Thompson
Discussants
Lloyd S. Etheredge
Roger Morris
The War Powers Resolution
Nixon vs. the Congress: The War Powers Resolution, 1973 by Philip J. Briggs
The War Powers Resolution: An Intersection of Law and Politics by Nathan N. Firestone
Discussants
Harold H. Koh
Burt Neuborne

Product details

Published 30 Jun 1993
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 392
ISBN 9780313287879
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Series Contributions in Political Science
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Leon Friedman

Anthology Editor

William F. Levantrosser

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