Marvin Kalb
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 287 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Marvin Kalb, a former journalist and Harvard professor, traces how the Crimea of Catherine the Great became a global tinder box. The world was stunned when Vladimir Putin invaded and seized Crimea in March 2014. In the weeks that followed, pro-Russian rebels staged uprisings in southeastern Ukraine. The United States and its Western allies immediately imposed strict sanctions on Russia and whenever possible tried to isolate it diplomatically.
This...
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xi, 355 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the book Kalb captures the excitement of being present at the creation of a whole new way of bringing news immediately to the public. And what news. Cold War tensions were high between Eisenhower's America and Khrushchev's Soviet Union. Kalb is at the center, occupying a unique spot as a student of Russia tasked with explaining Moscow to Washington and the American public. He joins a cast of legendary figures along the way, from Murrow himself...
7) Kissinger
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1974]
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
xiii, 577 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A penetrating investigation into Kissinger's complex character and rise to prominence in diplomatic circles. Bibliog.
