The Kissinger-Sonnenfeldt Doctrine: I

The Protracted Conflict

I propose to dredge up, and arrange in a coherent display, the essential “doctrine” that provides Secretary Kissinger with the model for his understanding of the present global situation and the guide for his strategic decisions—strategic preferences, rather, since the decisions are subject to political override. I will take my sample of raw material from the official summaries of the remarks of Secretary Kissinger and State Department counselor Helmut Sonnenfeldt to the London meeting of American ambassadors (and let’s not quibble over who said which: both presentations were official).

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The Protracted Conflict

I propose to dredge up, and arrange in a coherent display, the essential “doctrine” that provides Secretary Kissinger with the model for his understanding of the present global situation and the guide for his strategic decisions—strategic preferences, rather, since the decisions are subject to political override. I will take my sample of raw material from the official summaries of the remarks of Secretary Kissinger and State Department counselor Helmut Sonnenfeldt to the London meeting of American ambassadors (and let’s not quibble over who said which: both presentations were official).