Zbig : the strategy and statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Zbig : the strategy and statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski

edited by Charles Gati ; with a foreword by President Jimmy Carter

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-242) and index

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Zbigniew Brzezinski's multifaceted career dealing with U.S. security and foreign policy has led him from the halls of academia to multiple terms in public service, including a stint as President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. He is a renowned policy analyst and author who frequently appears as a commentator on popular talk shows, and his strategic vision continues to carry a great deal of gravitas. in Zbig, Charles Gati has enlisted many of the top foreign policy players of the past thirty years to reflect on and analyze Brzezinski and his work. A senior scholar in Eastern European and Russian studies, Gati observed firsthand much of the history and politics surrounding Brzezinski's career. His vibrant introduction and concluding interview with Brzezinski frame this critical assessment of a major statesman's accomplishments. Contributors: Justin Vaisse, David C. Engerman, Mark Kramer, David J. Rothkopf, Warren I. Cohen and Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Robert A. Pastor, William B. Quandt, Robert Hunter, James Thomson, Patrick Vaughan, Marin Strmecki, James Mann, David Ignatius, Adam Garfinkle, Stephen F. Szabo, Francis Fukuyama, Charles Gati

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Foreword, by Jimmy Carter Preface, by Charles Gati Part I: From the Ivy League Chapter 1. Zbig, Henry, and the New U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Chapter 2. The Fall of Totalitarianism and the Rise of Zbigniew Brzezinski Chapter 3. Anticipating the Grand Failure Part II: To the National Security Council Chapter 4. Setting the Stage for the Current Era Chapter 5. Beijing's Friend, Moscow's Foe Chapter 6. The Caricature and the Man Chapter 7. Dealing with the Middle East Chapter 8. Working Hard, Having Fun at the NSC Chapter 9. The Evening Report Part III: The Policy Advocate Chapter 10. Brzezinski, the Pope, and the "Plot" to Free Poland Chapter 11. Witnessing the Grand Failure in Moscow, 1989 Chapter 12. Brzezinski and Iraq: The Makings of a Dove Chapter 13. Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Chapter 14. The Strategic Thinker Part IV: Portraits Chapter 15. The Professor Chapter 16. An Appreciation Chapter 17. A Self-Assessment Acknowledgments Chronology Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index Illustrations follow page 111

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