One of the "wise men" of American diplomacy, Nitze served under President Kennedy as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy. Now the political theorist makes a profound contribution to the study of politics with these reflections on how "theory and practice constitute harmonic aspects of one whole". Insert.
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One of the "wise men" of American diplomacy, Nitze served under President Kennedy as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy. Now the political theorist makes a profound contribution to the study of politics with these reflections on how "theory and practice constitute harmonic aspects of one whole". Insert.
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New. 068419628X. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE--212 pages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: On the Twentieth-The American-Century 1 Ch. 1 On Political Theory and the Tension of Opposites 7 Ch. 2 Political Theory and Value Systems 22 Ch. 3 Toward an Ethical Framework 41 Ch. 4 Russia, the Soviet Union, and Value Systems 59 Ch. 5 The Practice of Politics: Harry S Truman and American Heroes 72 Ch. 6 Further on the Practice of Politics: James Forrestal and the Will to Succeed 87 Ch. 7 Will Clayton: Virtue and Competence 109 Ch. 8 George Kennan and Policy Planning: The Nexus Between Theory and Practice 120 Ch. 9 Dean Acheson and the Virtues and Limitations of Elegance 134 Ch. 10 George C. Marshall and the Practice of Democracy 155 Ch. 11 George Shultz and Loyalty 174 Epilogue: The United States and the Future Practice of Politics 185 Biblography 199 Index 203 Publishers Weekly: Drawing on his 50 years of experience as a U. S. Policymaker, presidential adviser, ambassador and arms control negotiator, Nitze ( From Hiroshima to Glasnost ) offers an uneven mix of autobiographical reminiscence and political theorizing. He provides vivid eyewitness accounts of history as he discusses his role in shaping WW II military strategy as director of the U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey; his work with George Kennan in containing Soviet military expansionism; his tense relationship with Dean Acheson, his onetime boss and Secretary of State under Truman; and meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev and Andrei Sakharov. In chapters titled "George Shultz and Loyalty, " "Will Clayton: Virtue and Competence" and the like, Nitze combines sympathetic portraits with speculation on ways to incorporate moral values into political theory. Nitze, who came of age during the Cold War, here applies his realpolitik thinking to the post-Cold War era, suggesting among other things, carbon taxes to reduce the deficit at home and military cooperation with NATO and Russia to end the war in Yugoslavia. --Library Journal-Nitze, the former director of the foreign policy planning staff in the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, arms control negotiator during Nixon's detente era, and cofounder of John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, offers his thought-provoking reflections on the relationship between the practice of policy-making and the philosophy that should govern American foreign policy in the future. Chapters on the Soviet mind and value system are brilliantly done, as are insightful chapters on Harry Truman, James Forrestal, George Kennan, Dean Acheson, George C. Marshall, and George Shultz. The personal cameos make fascinating reading in the psycho-personal aspects of leadership and ethics. The final chapter on the United States and future policy deserves wide readership among the circles within which Nitze traveled during his illustrious career. Essential for academic libraries. --with a bonus offer--
