Zbigniew Brzezinski





Zbigniew Brzezinski

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March 28, 1928 in Warsaw, Poland

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Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski is a Polish-American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. Known for his hawkish foreign policy at a time when the Democratic Party was increasingly dovish, he is a foreign policy realist and considered by some to be the Democrats' response to Republican realist Henry Kissinger.

Major foreign policy events during his term of office included the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China (and the severing of ties with the Republic of China), the signing of the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), the brokering of the Camp David Accords, the transition of Iran to an anti-...more


Average rating: 3.71 · 718 ratings · 103 reviews · 28 distinct works
The Grand Chessboard: Ameri...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions
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Second Chance: Three Presid...
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America and the World: Conv...
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The Choice: Global Dominati...
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Strategic Vision: America a...
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The Grand Failure: The Birt...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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Out of Control: Global Turm...
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Power and Principle
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Between Two Ages
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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“We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans”
Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities. ”
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

“In the technotronic society the trend would seem to be towards the aggregation of the individual support of millions of uncoordinated citizens, easily within the reach of magnetic and attractive personalities exploiting the latest communications techniques to manipulate emotions and control reason.”
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

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