Indo-Chinese Initiatives by Henry Kissinger
DOI: 10.17721/2521-1706.2020.09.4
Oleksandr Burunov
Graduated Student of History and Philosophy Department, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odesa, Ukraine
Abstract
The suggested article surveys the key elements of foreign politics of Nixon administration in Vietnam. The personal contribution of Kissinger to the peace process in Vietnam was analyzed. The end of war and withdrawal US troops from this country was one of his major election promises, and the main problem, which divided American society. Together with newly invited as a national security advisor Professor of Harvard H. Kissinger R. Nixon begun to conduct politics of Vietnamization. The purpose of this politics was a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam during next few years, instead economic assistance for South Vietnam should be increased in proportional of Hanoi aggression. But in the same time with withdrawal of troops quantity of Air Force units and Navy units of US should be increased in Indochina region. For Kissinger being in charge of foreign affairs department and taking practical steps in the field of foreign politics became resumption of his academic career and the embodiment of those conceptual views that he developed in the university environment. The diplomat used the events that took place in Indochina as one of the elements for reformatting the world order which was placed after World War II. H.Kissinger’s strategy consisted in involving China and creates a geopolitical triangle instead of US and USSR bipolar relations. Establishment of diplomatic relations with China was not decisive in ending of war in Vietnam. Beijing had limited capabilіties to influence the North Vietnamese Communists but became a serious incentive to speed up negotiations with the USSR, regarding on Vietnam as well. Considering circumstances in the region at the time of R. Nixon’s coming to power the results of this administration in Vietnam should be considered as satisfactory and accordingly promises of his presidential program.
Key words: H. A. Kissinger, Vietnam war, diplomatic initiatives, Nixon’s administration, Vietnamization.
Full text
References:
1. Аntosyan, А. V. (1984). Geografiya militarizma. Moscow, М: Nauka. [In Russian].
2. Zhurkin, V. (1975). SSнA i mezhdunarodnye politicheskie krizisy. Moscow, М: Nauka. [In Russian].
3. Zinn, G. (1977). SShA posle II mirovoj vojny: 1945 – 1971. Moscow, М : Progress. [In Russian].
4. Kissinger, G. (1997). Diplomatiya. Moscow, М.: Ladomir. [In Russian].
5. Kissinger, G. (2015). Mirovoj poryadok. Moscow, М: Аst. [In Russian].
6. Kissinger, G. (2015). O Kitaye. Moscow, М: Аst. [In Russian].
7. Kissinger, G. (1983). Perelomnye gody. Moscow, М: Progress. [In Russian].
8. Nikson, R. (1992). Na arene. Vospominaniya o pobedah, porazheniyah i vozrozhdenii. Moscow, M: Novosti. [In Russian].
9. Shavrov, I. (1981). Lokalnye vojny. Moscow, M: Voenizdat. [In Russian].
10. Shlezinger, A. (1992). Cikly amerikanskoj istorii. Moscow, M: Progress. [In Russian].
11. Bernstein, I. (1996). Guns or Butter: The Presidency of L. Johnson. Oxford, University Press. [In English].
12. Commager, H. (1976). The Defeat of America: Presidential Power and the National Character. New York, N.Y: Simon Schuster. [In English].
13. Colby, W. (1978). Honorable man: My life in a CIA. New York, N.Y: Simon Schuster. [In English]
14. Ferguson, N (2015). Meaning of Kissinger. Foreign Affairs, 5(94), 134-147. [In English].
15. Hersh, S. (1983). The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House. New York, N. Y: Summit Books. [In English].
16. Hitchens, Ch. (2001). The Trial of Henry Kissinger. New York, N.Y: Simon Schuster. [In English].
17. Isaacson W. (1992). Kissinger: A Biography. New York, N.Y: Simon Schuster. [In English].
18. Kissinger H. (2011). Avoiding a U. S. – China Cold War. The Washington Post, 4, 7-8. [In English].
19. Kissinger, H. (1974). American Foreign Policy. Expanded Edition. New York, N.Y: Norton& Co. [In English].
20. Landau D. (1972). The Uses of Power. Houghton, Mifflin. [In English].
21. Mazlish, B. (1976). Kissinger. The European Mind in American Policy. New York, N.Y: Basic Books. [In English].
22. Neustadt, R. (1976). Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership with Reflections of Johnson and Nixon. New York, N. Y: Jonh Wiley and Sons Ink. [In English].
23. Novak, R. (1971). Nixon in the While House: The Frustration of Power. New York, N.Y: Random House. [In English].
24. Shawcross, W (2002). Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia. Lanham, Cooper Square Press. [In English].
25. Tucker, S. (2001). Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political Social and Military History. Oxford, University Press. [In English].