Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski

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The first comprehensive account of Zbigniew Brzezinskis complementary roles as author academic policy maker and critic. Zbigniew Brzezinskis multifaceted career dealing with U.S. security and foreign policy has led him from the halls of academia to multiple terms in public service including a stint as President Jimmy Carters National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. He is a renowned policy analyst and author who frequently appears as a commentator on popular talk shows and his strategic vision continues to carry a great deal of gravitas. in Zbig Charles Gati has enlisted many of the top foreign policy players of the past thirty years to reflect on and analyze Brzezinski and his work. A senior scholar in Eastern European and Russian studies Gati observed firsthand much of the history and politics surrounding Brzezinskis career. His vibrant introduction and concluding interview with Brzezinski frame this critical assessment of a major statesmans accomplishments. Contributors: Justin Vasse David C. Engerman Mark Kramer David J. Rothkopf Warren I. Cohen and Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Robert A. Pastor William B. Quandt Robert Hunter James Thomson Patrick Vaughan Marin Strmecki James Mann David Ignatius Adam Garfinkle Stephen F. Szabo Francis Fukuyama Charles Gati