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Lädt ... On watch: A memoirvon Elmo R Zumwalt
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. "In his memoir, Zumwalt relates a story of a conversation he had had with Kissinger while on the train from Washington to Philadelphia to see the Army-Navy game. Before the conversation, Zumwalt says that he had admired Kissinger. In the conversation on the train, Kissinger told Zumwalt that, in his, Kissinger's opinion, the United States is "Athens to the Soviets' Sparta," and that in the long run, the U.S. is going to lose to the Russians just as Athens lost to Sparta. It is therefore his, Kissinger's job, to negotiate the best possible second-place finish with the russians, recognizing that in the long run, we are going to lose. This greatly unsettled Zumwalt, and turned him into a Kissiger opponent." Comment on Slate to a Hitchens diatribe about Kissinger. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The former Chief of Naval Operations recounts his overhauling of naval practices, dress, and forces his view of America's international role, and his frequently unsatisfactory relationships with Nixon, Kissinger, and other Nixon-administration officials. Glossary. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The two most fascinating components of this memoir I have left for last to describe. The first is Zumwalt's insistence and persistence efforts to drag the Navy into the modern day in terms of its treatment of minorities and women. Truman had ordered full integration of American armed forces, but the Navy, foremost among the service branches, had remained a bastion of segregation and prejudice. Zumwalt took forceful steps to reverse those conditions, and his descriptions of how he went about that and the resistance he faced make quite interesting reading. The second is Zumwalt's description of what conditions were like within the Nixon Administration as the president and Kissinger became ever more focused on saving Nixon's presidency and denying access to Nixon's "enemies" in the face of the growing Watergate scandal. In particular, Zumwalt describes how he had begun as an admirer of Kissinger, taken in by Kissinger's personal charm and charisma. Gradually, he begins to see Kissinger as a rather bizarre, paranoid figure whose ego-driven policies and refusal to brook any dissenting opinions was doing great harm to the country.
There is a lot to wade through in this memoir, but the writing is clear and accessible, which helps a lot. In a way, Zumwalt's book serves best as a fascinating time capsule to what it was like being inside the U.S. military hierarchy looking out (and within) during a fascinating and pivotal time in our history. ( )