01330nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_222198 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 973.92092 B596 Bill, James A. George Ball : Behind the scenes in U.S. foreign policy James A. Bill New Haven Yale University Press 1997 Bill has examined one diplomat's career in order "to uncover the essence of the American foreign policymaking system and to develop a model of statecraft for the twenty-first century." A string of challenges drew Ball's attention, from his work on European unity with French economist Jean Monnet, to the Congo and Vietnam, to the Cuban missile crisis, civil war in Cyprus, and unending tension and bloodshed in the Middle East. Ball's career stands as an exemplar of what Bill labels phronesis (a form of prudence that balances "passion, proportion, and responsibility") and as an essential alternative to the realpolitik of which Henry Kissinger is perhaps the most obvious proponent United States,Hoa Kỳ Foreign relations,Quan hệ đối ngoại 1945-1989,1945-1989 Nguyên Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ