Foreign Crisis History Case Studies - Book Review

Often, the American people are oblivious to theBut before you get your hair in a tizzy, you might
incredible foreign crisis that are constantly going onconsider the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire,"
around the world. Right now for instance, we have aand maybe you need to do a little bit of reading on
crisis in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and a good part ofHenry Kissinger's essays, and I'd like to specifically
Central America. These things will very much affectrecommend one of his books. It is a book that I have in
the United States in the future. Mexico is also on themy library along with several of his others, and the
verge of economic and political collapse, and we can'tname of the book is;
even imagine what will happen, if it takes place."Crisis; the Economy of Two Major Foreign-Policy
There is a crisis going on right now in Yemen withCrisis," by Henry Kissinger
Saudi Arabia, and the Chinese wish to have theirThis book outlines from start to finish two very serious
disputed territories annexed back into China, as well asforeign-policy conundrums that turned to severe crisis.
taking back Taiwan and other areas. It seems likeThey include; Middle East War of 1973 and Indochina
there is always a crisis going on in Africa, and weCrisis. I think if you read this book and look at all the
have all sorts of things going on behind the scenesbehind-the-scenes details with diplomacy, military action,
with Chinese patriotic hackers hacking into USeconomic sanctions, etc. you will begin to understand
computer systems, the economic elites in Belgiumhow political impasse can lead to war. Having this
trying to control the United States economic outputunderstanding will make you a better voter, and realize
and transfer wealth to themselves. And of course, wethe type of world we really live in. Please consider all
have the North Korean and Iranian nuclear proliferationthis.
crisis.