The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security

by Bartholomew Sparrow and Bartholomew H. Sparrow

Book Overview

For more than thirty years, Brent Scowcroft has played a central role in American foreign policy. Scowcroft helped manage the American departure from Vietnam, helped plan the historic breakthrough to China, urged the first President Bush to repel the invasion of Kuwait, and worked to shape the West's skillful response to the collapse of the Soviet empire. And when US foreign policy has gone awry, Scowcroft has quietly stepped in to repair the damage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586489631
• ISBN13: 9781586489632
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.7" x 9.3"