Foreign Crisis History Case Studies - Book Review

Often, the American people are oblivious to the incredible foreign crisis that are constantly going on around the world. Right now for instance, we have a crisis in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and a good part of Central America. These things will very much affect the United States in the future. Mexico is also on the verge of economic and political collapse, and we can’t even imagine what will happen, if it takes place.

There is a crisis going on right now in Yemen with Saudi Arabia, and the Chinese wish to have their disputed territories annexed back into China, as well as taking back Taiwan and other areas. It seems like there is always a crisis going on in Africa, and we have all sorts of things going on behind the scenes with Chinese patriotic hackers hacking into US computer systems, the economic elites in Belgium trying to control the United States economic output and transfer wealth to themselves. And of course, we have the North Korean and Iranian nuclear proliferation crisis.

But before you get your hair in a tizzy, you might consider the Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” and maybe you need to do a little bit of reading on Henry Kissinger’s essays, and I’d like to specifically recommend one of his books. It is a book that I have in my library along with several of his others, and the name of the book is;

“Crisis; the Economy of Two Major Foreign-Policy Crisis,” by Henry Kissinger

This book outlines from start to finish two very serious foreign-policy conundrums that turned to severe crisis. They include; Middle East War of 1973 and Indochina Crisis. I think if you read this book and look at all the behind-the-scenes details with diplomacy, military action, economic sanctions, etc. you will begin to understand how political impasse can lead to war. Having this understanding will make you a better voter, and realize the type of world we really live in. Please consider all this.

Foreign Crisis History Case Studies - Book Review