a's leadership task in this regard. Once the historical survey is completed, it con centrates on U.S. diplomatic behavior after World War II; during the Cold War (including both Korea, where the operative word was containment, and Vietnam, where the operative word eventually became extrication); at the time of the collapse of communism; and in the post-Cold War period of the New World Order, as articulated in different ways by George Bush and Bill Clinton.
This narrative design enables Kissinger to detail his own role in foreign relations. As National Security Council advisor and as secretary of state
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