Jussi M Hanhimäki
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"In the Flawed Architect, the first major reassessment of Kissinger in over a decade, historian Jussi Hanhimaki paints a subtle, carefully composed portrait of America's most famous and infamous statesman. Drawing on extensive research from newly declassified files, the author follows Kissinger from his beginnings in the Nixon administration up to the current controversy over whether Kissinger is a war criminal. Hanhimaki guides the reader through...
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In Scandinavia and the United States, author Jussi Hanhimaki discusses the complex web of relationships, both bilateral and multilateral, formal and informal, economic and cultural, military and political, that linked the destinies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden together with that of the United States during the Cold War and beyond. Covering the history of Scandinavian - U.S. relations since orientations and policies of the five Scandinavian...
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"The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." In this concise overview, Jussi Hanhimaki sheds light on the current debate over the UN's effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world. After a brief history of the UN, the author examines its...