{"product_id":"zbig-the-man-who-cracked-the-kremlin-paperback","title":"Zbig: The Man Who Cracked the Kremlin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrzej Lubowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kissinger opted for a strategy of accommodation with Moscow, while Brzezinski, claiming that the very nature of Soviet ideology and policies prevents stability, sought strategies for undermining the Soviet system. . . . In retrospect, Brzezinski was proven right and Kissinger was wrong.\" --Shlomo Avineri in the preface Zbigniew Brzezinski, widely regarded as a key actor in the last half-century of American foreign policy, remains a high-profile commentator on current events and an influential critic of some policies of subsequent administrations. His intellect and eloquent wit have made him an irreplaceable and controversial part of the American scene. He continues to fascinate historians, journalists, and conspiracy theorists. This is not a conventional doorstop biography. Instead, \u003ci\u003eZbig \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on Brzezinski's critical and underappreciated contribution to the collapse of the Soviet Union--his lifelong mission. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtterly free of illusions about the nature of Communist power, Brzezinski advocated \"peaceful engagement\" as the best tactic for exploiting systemic Soviet vulnerabilities. His stand on human rights and his tutelage of and influence on President Jimmy Carter had a profound effect on the course of the Cold War.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZbig\u003c\/i\u003e also compares Brzezinski with his Harvard rival, Henry Kissinger--a strong proponent of realpolitik. Brilliant as Kissinger is, he did little to change American perceptions of the world in a lasting way. Brzezinski did.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrzej Lubowski is a renowned Polish journalist and economist. In 1982, after the crackdown on Solidarity, he left Poland for Stanford University as a senior Fulbright scholar and professional journalism fellow. He later joined the Woodrow Wilson Center, earned an MBA at Berkeley, and spent almost twenty years in senior strategy positions at Citibank and Visa. After the transition to democracy in Poland, he began contributing to the country's leading newspapers and newsmagazines, and is the author of a book in Polish on America's strategic strengths and weaknesses. His newest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Year 2040: Is The West Destined to Lose?\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in Poland in 2013 by Znak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760679878944,"sku":"9781480461307","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95656180cdb505d9adf586d6e8f168bd.webp?v=1780186684","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/zbig-the-man-who-cracked-the-kremlin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}