The judges felt the award should be given for this book because of its searching, thoroughly documented study of the events leading up to the Tonkin Bay resolution, for a devastating expose of the President’s role in persuading Congress to accept the official version of the incident which precipitated this national into the Vietnam war.…
Award archive category: Book
Best Book on Foreign Affairs 1970
Hailed widely by reviewers with expressions such as “a noble book,” “comprehensive and authentic,” “compelling,” and even “the best history yet to come out of the Pacific war,” John Toland’s ” The Rising Sun” ( Random House), subtitled : the Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945,” tells the story mainly from the Japanese…
Best Book on Foreign Affairs 1968
Former Under Secretary of State Goerge W. Ball, author of ” The Discipline of Power, ” is widely experienced in international affairs but quite different from the popular concept of the diplomatic type.
Best Book on Foreign Affairs 1967
AWARD DATE: 1967 AWARD NAME: Best Book on Foreign Affairs AWARD RECIPIENT: George F. Kennan AWARD HONORED WORK: Memoirs 1925-1950 George F. Kennan’s Memoirs 1925-1950 met formidable competition in category 11 as the best book on foreign affairs. The volume presented a distinctive combination- international events of recent history recalled, details of happenings of moment behind closed doors, and…
Best Book on Foreign Affairs 1957
Excerpt from the 1958 Dateline for The Best Book on Foreign Affairs Award: