Blind oracles : intellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger /

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In this trenchant analysis, historian Bruce Kuklick examines the role of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. He recounts the history of the development of ideas about strategy and foreign policy during a critical period in American history: the era of the nuclear standoff between the United State...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Series:Princeton paperbacks
Subjects:
1900 - 1999
Intellectuals > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Intellectuels > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Intellectuals > Political activity.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989 > Decision making.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989 > Prise de décision.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The social rule of the man of knowledge
  • Scientific management and war, 1910-1960
  • Theorists of war, 1945-1953
  • RAND in opposition, 1946-1961
  • Accented and unaccented realism, 1946-1961
  • RAND and the Kennedy administration, 1961-1962
  • Cuba and Nassau, 1962
  • Intellectuals in power, 1961-1966
  • The Kennedy school of government, 1964-1971
  • The Pentagon papers
  • Henry Kissinger
  • Diplomats on foreign policy, 1976-2001.

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