{"product_id":"9780842026857","title":"Dean Rusk: Defending the American Mission Abroad","description":"With an eye closely on Rusk's liberal internationalism, \u003ci\u003eDefending the  American Mission Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e uses the Secretary of State as a foil to explain  the accomplishments of United States leadership in the world and the  pitfalls the nation encountered as it engaged in realpolitik and  ideological struggle.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThis biography examines Rusk's years as Secretary of State during the  Kennedy and Johnson administrations, with a focus on Soviet-American  relations and the Vietnam War. Secretary of State Dean Rusk's tenure, at  the peak of United States power and Cold War confrontation, exposed the  discord between the search for universalist peace and pursuit of realist  security. The lines of tension between the Cold War and Wilsonianism in  the surrounding events, personalities, and policy developments of the 1960s  and Rusk's responses are studied in detail.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefending the American Mission Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to readers interested in biography, U.S. history, foreign relations, diplomatic history, and the Sixties.  ","brand":"Scholarly Resources, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021979631856,"sku":"9780842026857","price":69.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780842026857","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}