Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. foreign policy making
Subtitle: the machinery of crisis
By: Asaf Siniver.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521897624
Subjects: Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994; Kissinger, Henry, -- 1923-; Crisis management in government -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974 -- Decision making; United States -- Foreign relations -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Nixon, Kissinger, and U.S. Foreign Policy Making examines for the first time the important role of crisis management in the making of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Kissinger years. The book offers a critical account of the manner in which the president and his national security advisor - notorious for their tight grip on the machinery of U.S. foreign policy - dominated the structures and processes of foreign policy making."--Jacket.

"The Machinery of Crisis examines for the first time the important role of crisis management in the making of U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Kissinger years. Notorious for their tight grip on the machinery of U.S. foreign policy, the book offers a critical account of the manner in which the president and his national security advisor dominated the structures and processes of foreign policy making. By drawing on a wealth of previously classified documents, Siniver reveals the story of the Washington Special Action Group, which managed foreign policy crises in the Nixon administration. In this thoroughly researched account of the performance of Nixon, Kissinger and the Washington Special Actions group in four international crises, Siniver provides a fresh analysis of the important relationship between individuals and the advisory system in the making of U.S. foreign policy during international crisis."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.