The strategist : Brent Scowcroft and the call of national security
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The strategist : Brent Scowcroft and the call of national security
PublicAffairs, c2015
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Includes bibliographical notes (p. 575-698) and index
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For more than thirty years, Brent Scowcroft has played a central role in American foreign policy. Scowcroft helped manage the American departure from Vietnam, helped plan the historic breakthrough to China, urged the first President Bush to repel the invasion of Kuwait, and worked to shape the West's skillful response to the collapse of the Soviet empire. And when US foreign policy has gone awry, Scowcroft has quietly stepped in to repair the damage. His was one of the few respected voices in Washington to publicly warn the second President Bush against rushing to war in Iraq. The Strategist offers the first comprehensive examination of Brent Scowcroft's career. Author Bartholomew Sparrow details Scowcroft's fraught relationships with such powerful figures as Henry Kissinger (the controversial mentor Scowcroft ultimately outgrew), Alexander Haig (his one-time rival for Oval Office influence), and Condoleezza Rice (whose career Scowcroft helped launch,and with whom he publicly broke over Iraq).Through compelling narrative, in-depth research, and shrewd analysis, The Strategist brings colour and focus to the complex and often secretive nature of US foreign policy,an intellectual battlefield on which personalities, ideas, and worldviews clash, dramatically shaping the world in which we live.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Preface, ix -- PART I -- AIR FORCE OFFICER, 1 1. Junction City, 3 2. Surviving Hell on the Hudson, 13 3. Crash Landing, 24 4. Soldier-Scholar, 34 5. Blue Suiter, 48 -- PART II -- THE NIXON AND FORD ADMINISTRATIONS, 1972--1977, 65 6. Military Assistant to the President, 67 7. Kissinger's Deputy, 79 8. White House Under Siege, 98 9. SALT, Detente, and the Intelligence Wars of the Seventies, 112 10. Managing Failure: The Last Days of Vietnam, 131 11. We Mean Business, 156 12. National Security Advisor, 174 13. The Fixer, 189 -- PART III -- THE CARTER AND REAGAN YEARS, 1977--1989, 201 14. Out on the Street, 203 15. The Scowcroft Commission, 220 16. A Watergate-Type Problem, 244 -- PART IV -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, 1989--1993, 263 17. Organizing Security, 265 18. The Pause: Preparing for Change, 292 19. Gardening in a Tempest ,314 20. Cold War Relics: Upheaval in Panama, Trouble in Afghanistan, 327 21. Blood on the Stones, 350 22. One Germany, 368 23. On-Ramp, 385 24. War in the Gulf, 410 25. End of Empir, 428 26. China Rising and the International Economy, 463 27. A New World Order--or the Resumption of History?, 479 -- PART V -- CITIZEN-STATESMAN, 491 28. An Independent Voice, 493 29. The Broken Process, 511 30. Elder Statesman, 541 31. The Strategist, 555 Brent Scowcroft: A Timeline, 565 Acknowledgments, 571 Source Notes, 575 Index, 699 Photo insert between pages 262--263
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