Zbig
Subtitle: the strategy and statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski
By: edited by Charles Gati ; with a foreword by President Jimmy Carter
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781421409764
Subjects: International relations; National Security Council (U.S.); Strategic aspects; Political and social views; College teachers; Biography; Intellectuals; Statesmen; Foreign relations; History
Description: "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 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, including MSNBC's Morning Joe and PBS's NewsHour. Brzezinski's strategic vision continues to carry a great deal of gravitas. This analysis of Brzezinski's statecraft will be of interest not only to the general public but also to students as well as policy makers in the United States and throughout the world. To assess the ramifications of Brzezinski's engagement in world politics and policy making, Charles Gati has enlisted many of the top foreign policy players of the past thirty years to reflect on and analyze the man 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 one-on-one interview with Brzezinski lucidly frame the book's critical assessment of this major statesman's accomplishments." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. From the Ivy League ...; title: Zbig, Henry, and the new U.S. foreign policy elite / Justin Vaïsse; title: The fall of totalitarianism and the rise of Zbigniew Brzezinski / David C. Engerman; title: Anticipating the grand failure / Mark Kramer; title: Part II. To the National Security Council; title: Setting the stage for the current era / David Rothkopf; title: Beijing's friend, Moscow's foe / Warren I. Cohen and Nancy Bernkopf Tucker; title: The caricature and the man / Robert A. Pastor; title: Dealing with the Middle East / William B. Quandt; title: Working hard, having fun at the NSC / Robert Hunter; title: The evening report / James Thomson; title: Part III. The policy advocate; title: Brzezinski, the Pope, and the "plot" to free Poland / Patrick Vaughan; title: Witnessing the grand failure in Moscow, 1989 / Marin Strmecki; title: Brzezinski and Iraq : the makings of a dove / James Mann; title: Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict / David Ignatius; title: The strategic thinker / Adam Garfinkle; title: Part IV. Portraits; title: The professor / Stephen F. Szabo; title: An appreciation / Francis Fukuyama; title: A self-assessment / In conversation with Charles Gati.