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008			170116s2015 nyu 001 0 eng
020			_a9781627794497
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a327.2092
100	1		_92880 _aGrandin, Greg, _d1962-
245	1	0	_aKissinger's shadow : _bthe long reach of America's most controversial statesman / _cGreg Grandin.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York : _bMetropolitan Books, _c2015.
300			_a270 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aPrelude: On not seeing the monster -- Introduction: An obituary foretold -- Ch. 1. A cosmic beat -- Ch. 2. Ends and means -- Ch. 3. Kissinger smiled -- Ch. 4. Nixon style -- Ch. 5. Anti-Kissinger -- Ch. 6. The opposite of unity -- Ch. 7. Secrecy and spectacle -- Ch. 8. Inconceivable -- Ch. 9. Cause and effect -- Ch. 10. Onward to the gulf -- Ch. 11. Darkness into light -- Epilogue: Kissingerism without Kissinger.
520			_aIn his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America, its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home, we have to understand Henry Kissinger. Examining Kissinger's own writings, as well as a wealth of newly declassified documents, Grandin reveals how Richard Nixon's top foreign policy advisor, even as he was presiding over defeat in Vietnam and a disastrous, secret, and illegal war in Cambodia, was helping to revive a militarized version of American exceptionalism centered on an imperial presidency. Believing that reality could be bent to his will, insisting that intuition is more important in determining policy than hard facts, and vowing that past mistakes should never hinder future bold action, Kissinger anticipated, even enabled, the ascendance of the neoconservative idealists who took America into crippling wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Going beyond accounts focusing either on Kissinger's crimes or accomplishments, Grandin offers a compelling new interpretation of the diplomat's continuing influence on how the United States views its role in the world.
600	1	0	_92881 _aKissinger, Henry, _d1923- _xInfluence
650		0	_92882 _aStatesmen _zUnited States _vBiography
650		0	_92883 _aMilitarism _zUnited States
650		0	_92667 _aExceptionalism _zUnited States
650		0	_9487 _aNational security _zUnited States _vPolitical aspects
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1945-1989
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xMilitary policy
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y20th century
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xMilitary policy _xDecision making
651		0	_9614 _aUnited States _xForeign relations _xPhilosophy
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