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Kissinger, Angola and US-African Foreign Policy - The Unintentional Realist (Paperback)
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Kissinger, Angola and US-African Foreign Policy - The Unintentional Realist (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
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Analysing US foreign policy towards Angola during the Ford
administration, this book provides an intriguing insight into one
of the most avoidable and unfortunate episodes in Cold War history
and explores the impact on Henry Kissinger's much vaunted
reputation for being guided by realist principles. Kissinger has
dominated political discourse and scholarship on US foreign policy
since the 1970s, but although his legacy continues to generate
controversy, little attention has been paid to the influence of
Vietnam's collapse on the US decision to covertly intervene in the
Angolan civil war. This book argues that Kissinger's concern for
personal reputation and US credibility following the collapse of
Vietnam led to a harmful and unrealistic policy toward Angola.
Exposure of US covert intervention exacerbated domestic and
international political tensions and the subsequent showdown
between the excutive and legislative branches ironically resulted
in Kissinger proclaiming a new departure in US-African relations.
Thus, it is argued that Kissinger was an 'unintentional realist'
rather than an intellectual proponent of realpolitik. Enhancing our
understanding of Kissinger, his relationship with his subordinates
and with Congress, and his approach to foreign policy, this book
will be of interest to scholars of Cold War history, US foreign
policy and all those fascinated by the personality of Henry
Kissinger.
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