Closely modelled on the Watergate scandal of June 1972, this present-tense novel explores the Machiavellian political cunning of the recently appointed Abbess Alexandra, the Richard Nixon
figure. Norman Page calls the highly mobile negotiator Sister...
Timeline
February 1972: US President Richard Nixon took the remarkable...
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February 1972
US President Richard Nixon
took the remarkable step of visiting Beijing with Henry Kissinger
for discussions with Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
, restoring relations between China and the USA.
Schell, Orville. “Realpolitik’s finest hour”. Guardian Weekly, 16–22 Mar. 2007, p. 25.
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March 1973: Official US troop withdrawals from Vietnam...
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March 1973
Official US troop withdrawals from Vietnam followed on the signing of a cease-fire on 23 January.
Kettle, Martin. “Nixon ’wrecked early peace in Vietnam’”. The Guardian, 9 Aug. 2000, p. 3.
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Sayle, Murray. “Why the bastards wouldn’t stand and fight”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 3-11.
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Bacevich, Andrew. “Small nations, take heed”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 3, 7 Feb. 2013, pp. 20-1.
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7 December 1975: Indonesia under President Suharto invaded...
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7 December 1975
Indonesia under President Suharto
invaded East Timor, one day after this move was approved by US President Gerald Ford
and Henry Kissinger
.
Milbank, Dana. “Seizure of East Timor got U.S. go-ahead”. Guardian Weekly, 13–19 Dec. 2001, p. 33.
