The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security
by Bartholomew Sparrow
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New York: PublicAffairs, January 2015. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine. One-inch dog-ear to rear cover, otherwise As New. Not from a library. xviii + 701 pages.
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 U.S. 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, detailing 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).
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 U.S. 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, detailing 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).
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- The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security
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- Bartholomew Sparrow
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- Advance Reading Copy
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1586489631
- ISBN 13
- 9781586489632
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- New York
- Date Published
- January 2015
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- xviii + 701
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- 8vo
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- biography, Scowcroft, history, international security, national security, political science, Air Force, National Security Council, NSC, White House
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