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If so,was it,as  \u003Cbr>Kissinger puts it,the result of a  \u003Cbr>preconceived \"global diplomacy\"  \u003Cbr>the \"various components\"of  \u003Cbr>which began to fall into place by  \u003Cbr>1970?  For all of Kissinger's  \u003Cbr>considerable diplomacy,it can  \u003Cbr>be argued that in this book he has  \u003Cbr>brilliantly designed and staged a  \u003Cbr>great illusion.  \u003Cbr>Certainly Nixon's visit to Chi-  \u003Cbr>na in 1972 constituted the most  \u003Cbr>breath-taking of Kissinger's  \u003Cbr>coups.He explains that Nixon  \u003Cbr>and he had decided independent-  \u003Cbr>ly that the time was ripe for the  \u003Cbr>opening to China.But Kissinger  \u003Cbr>adds that,while Nixon was drawn   | to the China Scheme as a \"short-  \u003Cbr>term\"tactic to squeeze the  \u003Cbr>Soviets for concessions in Viet-  \u003Cbr>nam,he saw it as a move which  \u003Cbr>would permanently alter the  \u003Cbr>structure of world diplomacy.In  \u003Cbr>any case,Kissinger tells us that  \u003Cbr>the Sino-Soviet clash along the  \u003Cbr>Ussuri River in March,1969,  \u003Cbr>provided the opportunity to act  \u003Cbr>on their theories:\"we moved  \u003Cbr>without further hesitation to-  \u003Cbr>ward a mementious change in  \u003Cbr>global diplomacy.\"  \u003Cbr>In fact,it was not until late  \u003Cbr>1970,that the China Strategy  \u003Cbr>surfaced in any meaningful way.  \u003Cbr>In 1969 and 1970,Nixon was  \u003Cbr>urgently pressing Japan to as-  \u003Cbr>sume the burden of containing  \u003Cbr>China.This was the inner design  \u003Cbr>of the famous Nixon Doctrine of  \u003Cbr>July,1969.Kissinger skirts over  \u003Cbr>the significance of this pro-  \u003Cbr>nouncement,even suggesting  \u003Cbr>that Nixon may have been car-  \u003Cbr>ried away by his own words in  \u003Cbr>declaring that Asian nations  \u003Cbr>must now assume the primary  \u003Cbr>burden of their own defense.  \u003Cbr>Later,in 1970,when Japan edged  \u003Cbr>away from fulfilling its military  \u003Cbr>and economic pledges to the   |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n| Iknow it's late but if you rush you  \u003Cbr>can start making plans to cele-  \u003Cbr>brate the centennial of Sean  \u003Cbr>O'Casey's birth on March 30th.  \u003Cbr>Recently,critics have been say-  \u003Cbr>ing that O'Casey's plays are  \u003Cbr>dated,but I don't accept that  \u003Cbr>view for a moment.Along with  \u003Cbr>Shaw,Beckett and O'Neill,he is  \u003Cbr>one of the few great dramatists  \u003Cbr>of our time....Which reminds me  \u003Cbr>of this brief dialog by Beckett in  \u003Cbr>Waiting For Godot:Estragon-\"I  \u003Cbr>can't go on like this.\"  \u003Cbr>Vladimir -\"That's what you  \u003Cbr>think.\"  \u003Cbr>●·  \u003Cbr>In Ireland the controversial book  \u003Cbr>of 1979 was On Our Backs:  \u003Cbr>Sexual Attitudes in a Changing  \u003Cbr>Ireland by Rosita 5weetman.It  \u003Cbr>has as its objective \"to burst   | STOP  \u003Cbr>PUSHING!  \u003Cbr>BY DAN HERR  \u003Cbr>through the curtain of silence  \u003Cbr>about sexuality maintained by  \u003Cbr>the Church and State.\"The book  \u003Cbr>reminds Hibernia's literary col-  \u003Cbr>umnist \"of The Children of San-  \u003Cbr>chez in the spontaneous and vivid  \u003Cbr>picture of life that it evokes\"and   | she predicts that a \"monstrous  \u003Cbr>regiment headed by members of  \u003Cbr>the Irish Family League and the  \u003Cbr>League of Decency,will be  \u003Cbr>screaming that this couldn't be  \u003Cbr>Holy Irelan","cbCaikjIWFP2TMU1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikjIWFP2TMU1","pdf",3992724,11,"English","# Summary\n## Kissinger’s role in Nixon’s foreign policy\n## Opening to China and détente narratives\n## Critique of claimed global shift\n## European diplomacy and Ostpolitik","[{\"question\":\"What period does the review focus on in Kissinger’s account?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on Kissinger’s first four years in the White House, from 1969 to 1973, when he served as Nixon’s Assistant for National Security.\"},{\"question\":\"What major foreign-policy developments are discussed?\",\"answer\":\"The discussion highlights the opening to China, détente with the Soviet Union, and the handling of Middle East issues, framed as components of a broader diplomatic strategy.\"},{\"question\":\"What central doubt does the review raise about Kissinger’s book?\",\"answer\":\"It questions whether Kissinger truly designed and staged a successful plan, arguing instead for the possibility of a “brilliant illusion” and improvisation rather than steady policy by design.\"}]","WHITE HOUSE YEARS - Henry Kissinger | PDF",1791873128,17]