‎"KISSINGER, HENRY A.‎
‎Reflections on American Diplomacy.‎

‎(New York), An American Quarterly Review, 1956. Royal8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""An American Quarterly Review"", October, 1956. Authors presentation inscription ""With the author's compliments / HK"" to top of front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 37-56.‎

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‎Scarce offprint, with author's presentation inscription to front wrapper, of Kissinger's reflections of American foreign policy. The essay was written 14 years before he was elected US National Security Advisor and 18 years before he was elected the 56th United States Secretary of State and it anticipates many of his actions toward China and Soviet during the early 70ies. Kissinger states that: ""There can be little doubt that the foreign policy of the United States has reached an impasse. For several years we have been groping for a concept to deal with the transformation of the cold war from an effort to build defensive barriers into a contest for the allegiance of humanity. But the new Soviet tactics, coupled with the equally unassimilated increase in the destructive potential of the new weapons technology, have led to a crisis in our system of alliances and to substantial Soviet gains among the uncommitted peoples of the world"". (From the introduction). Kissinger played the dominant role in forming the United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977, which not only led to a significant relaxation in U.S.-Soviet tensions during the Cold War but also reached a rapprochement between the United States and the People's Republic of China. He was awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to establish a ceasefire and U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.‎