Letters to the Next President

Lugar, Richard

ISBN 10: 1420807382 / ISBN 13: 9781420807387

Published by Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN, 2004

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xi, [3], 293, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. Some yellow highlighting and ink markings noted. Inscribed by the author to Keith Hennessey on the title page. The inscription reads With best wishes to Keith Hennessey, Richard G. Lugar October 26, 2015. Keith Hennessey is an American economist and former political advisor who served as the Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council. He was appointed by President George W. Bush, and served until the end of Bush's second term in office. Hennessey had served in the White House since August 2002, when he was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the U.S. National Economic Council. Richard Green Lugar KBE (April 4, 1932 - April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party. During Lugar's tenure, he served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985 to 1987 and from 2003 to 2007, serving as the ranking member of the committee from 2007 until his departure in 2013. Lugar also twice served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, from 1995 to 2001 and briefly again in part of 2001. Much of Lugar's work in the Senate was toward the dismantling of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons around the world, co-sponsoring his most notable piece of legislation with Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn: the Nunn-Lugar Act. An enlightened conservative assesses the tough foreign policy choices and opportunities of the late 1980's. Praise for the 1988 edition: "In this thoughtful volume, Senator Lugar elegantly sets forth his views on the challenges that will confront the coming administration in the conduct of our nation's foreign policy." Henry A. Kissinger "A thoughtful set of foreign policy prescriptions by one of the Senate's most thoughtful leaders - it should be read by our next President, even if he is not an enlightened conservative!" Zbigniew Brzezinski "Richard Lugar's leadership in foreign affairs has impressed me as one of the soundest in public life today. His [book] reflects the depth of his experience and insights." Max Kampelman "The next President should welcome and greatly benefit from the responsible and experienced policy recommendations of Senator Dick Lugar." Gerald Ford "The Senator shows that it is possible to be principled even in international politics and still come out a winner. He is just as incisive and wise in this book, which clarifies some of the most complex issues in the conduct of foreign affairs." Corazon C. Aquino Senator Richard Lugar is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the longest serving Senator in Indiana history. He is the co-author of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which has safeguarded and destroyed more than 6,300 nuclear warheads in the former Soviet Union, along with hundreds of missiles, bombers, submarines and other weapons left over from the Cold War arms race. In Letters to the Next President, Senator Lugar challenges all presidential hopefuls - and every concerned citizen - to reexamine their views on foreign policy. He offers the next president ten rules for presidential leadership in foreign policy that are as valid today as they were in 1988. For this edition he has added a timely chapter addressed to President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, which analyzes the foreign policy dynamics of 2004. Second/later Edition. Revised Edition. Presumed First Printing thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters to the Next President
• Publisher: Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420807382
• ISBN 13: 9781420807387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Foreign Policy
  • CIA
  • Foreign Relations
  • Human Rights

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Praise for the 1988 edition: "In this thoughtful volume, Senator Lugar elegantly sets forth his views on the challenges that will confront the coming administration in the conduct of our nation's foreign policy." Henry A. Kissinger "A thoughtful set of foreign policy prescriptions by one of the Senate's most thoughtful leaders - it should be read by our next President, even if he is not an enlightened conservative!" Zbigniew Brzezinski "Richard Lugar's leadership in foreign affairs has impressed me as one of the soundest in public life today. His [book] reflects the depth of his experience and insights." Max Kampelman "The next President should welcome and greatly benefit from the responsible and experienced policy recommendations of Senator Dick Lugar." Gerald Ford "The Senator shows that it is possible to be principled even in international politics and still come out a winner. He is just as incisive and wise in this book, which clarifies some of the most complex issues in the conduct of foreign affairs." Corazon C. Aquino Senator Richard Lugar is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the longest serving Senator in Indiana history. He is the co-author of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which has safeguarded and destroyed more than 6,300 nuclear warheads in the former Soviet Union, along with hundreds of missiles, bombers, submarines and other weapons left over from the Cold War arms race. In Letters to the Next President, Senator Lugar challenges all presidential hopefuls - and every concerned citizen - to reexamine their views on foreign policy. He offers the next president ten rules for presidential leadership in foreign policy that are as valid today as they were in 1988. For this edition he has added a timely chapter addressed to President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, which analyzes the foreign policy dynamics of 2004.