Bøker av Russell D. Buhite

A study of the effectiveness of summitry as a means of diplomacy. Using the example of the 1945 Yalta conference between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, the author argues that heads of state make ineffective negotiators.

This work dramatizes, with memoirs, diaries and documents, eight major crises of American foreign policy - from the origins of the Cold War to the Gulf War with Iraq. Each account begins with an introduction and chronology of events, proceeds with documents, and concludes with suggested reading.

Presents the historical content needed to understand terrorism and America's responses to terrorist acts.