Blind oracles : intellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger /
Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-
Blind oracles : intellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger / Bruce Kuklick. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2007, 2006. - 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, portrait. - Princeton paperbacks .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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 States and the Soviet Union. The book looks at how the country's foremost thinkers advanced their ideas during this time of United States expansionism, a period that culminated in the Vietnam War and détente with the Soviets. Beginning with George Kennan after World War II, and concluding with.
9781400849468 9781299991286
Intellectuals--Political activity--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
JZ148 / .B556 2007
Blind oracles : intellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger / Bruce Kuklick. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2007, 2006. - 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, portrait. - Princeton paperbacks .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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 States and the Soviet Union. The book looks at how the country's foremost thinkers advanced their ideas during this time of United States expansionism, a period that culminated in the Vietnam War and détente with the Soviets. Beginning with George Kennan after World War II, and concluding with.
9781400849468 9781299991286
Intellectuals--Political activity--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
JZ148 / .B556 2007