Robert A. Strong, William Lyne Wilson Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, is the author of Decisions and Dilemmas: Case Studies in Presidential Foreign Policy Making and Statesmanship and Bureaucracy: Henry Kissinger and the Making of American Foreign Policy.
In this excellent revisionist study, Strong argues that Carter was
a more skillful foreign policy practitioner as president than the
pundits would have us believe. He showcases Carter's 'hands-on'
style in dealing with Panama and the Middle East, the human rights
debate, and arms control issues. An important and insightful new
contribution to cold war historiography.--Douglas Brinkley
Strong gives Carter much belated due for his personal leadership
and spikes some of the simplistic generalizations favored by the
mass media that portrayed Carter as indecisive and
vacillating.--Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic &
International Studies
Strong reveals a president at once deeply engaged in the details of
policy, strongly committed to certain views, and willing to take
political risks. Above all, Strong's excellent work gives us a
sense of the great complexity and challenge of conducting American
foreign policy.--Lee Hamilton, former chairman, House Foreign
Affairs Committee
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