Reviews for Nixon, Kissinger, and U. S. Foreign Policy Making: The Machinery of Crisis

The average rating for Nixon, Kissinger, and U. S. Foreign Policy Making: The Machinery of Crisis based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-01-01 00:00:00 Jos Smit I really wanted to like this book. But it fell flat for me. (It seems I had the opposite reaction to another reviewer here). I had high expectations, and as it went along, I kept waiting for it to get interesting. I felt like it was just a list of events; like a log of his time in Colombia. I never felt like I really got to know any of the people, therefore never felt invested in them, or knew enough about them to really care or truly appreciate them. Similarly, I didn't feel like I got a really good picture of the place -- whether it's the country, a city, the jungle or a campsite. It just seemed like a cursory statement about who or where. I felt like Coghlan didn't give enough of a description to really feel for the place or people. I wanted to like this book, and it just didn't give me enough to care about. I liked it, but more because the topic is fascinating to me, not because the book made me care about it.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-01 00:00:00 Kelly Nash Initially, I was fairly disappointed by Coghlan's effort, felt it was just a sort of war tourist travelogue by a Canadian diplomat. Yet, over time it grew on me due to: (1) interesting descriptions of nearly every section of the country; and (2) a decent overview of the 1998 elections.