| Description |
1 online resource (149 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface by Shlomo Avineri; Prologue; Free of Illusions; From Kennedy to Rockefeller; Pygmalion Redux; A Piano Piece for Four Hands; Zbig vs. Henry; If Not for Ford's Gaffe; Cuba for Hire; The Shah Checkmated; Hunting for Sparrows; Vienna 1979-Vienna 1959; The Afghan Trap; Branded; Public Enemy # 1; Poland: 1980 and Afterward; Once Again, No Illusions; Second Chance; The New Chessboard; Bibliography; Copyright Page |
| Summary |
"Kissinger opted for a strategy of accommodation with Moscow, while Brzezinski, claiming that the very nature of Soviet ideology and policies prevents stability, sought strategies for undermining the Soviet system. ... In retrospect, Brzezinski was proven right and Kissinger was wrong."--Shlomo Avineri in the preface Zbigniew Brzezinski, widely regarded as a key actor in the last half-century of American foreign policy, remains a high-profile commentator on current events and an influential critic of some policies of subsequent administrations. His intellect and eloquent wit have made him |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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Polish Americans -- Biography
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Polish Americans
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Statesmen
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781480460034 |
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1480460036 |
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148046130X |
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9781480461307 |
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