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Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy

Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy Paperback - 1986

by Stoessinger, John G

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean, used book with wear to cover extremities, binding tight and solid, square; pages also clean and unmarked. Stoessinger explores how the life histories of the people in power have intersected with events to create turning points in America's relations with other nations. A number of crucial policy actions are presented in a new light: Roosevelt operating at Yalta in almost total secrecy; Truman initiating the "police action" to repel the North Korean attack; Dulles castigating our allies during the Suez crisis; Kennedy countering the Soviet missle threat in Cuba; Lyndon Johnson escalating the VIetnam War into a major military disaster; Kissinger's secret trip to China that revised America's attutude toward that great Asian power. He gives a close analysis of crusading and pragmatic leaders, describing the two types, and through this analysis gives a fresh account of the dilemmas of the United States as a superpwower. 334 pages.Bbliogrsphy. Index. 8.25 x 5.4 inches. 1986, W.W. Norton & Company, New York.
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