"Book Review: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Foreign Policy Sage" by Michael D. Mosettig As Vaisse details through the biography, Brzezinski was a foremost example of a respected scholar who realized early on he wanted to play on a larger field, the man of action who could influence events. It turned out to be a blessing when Harvard denied him tenure, and he moved to Columbia, which was that much closer to Washington and then an epicenter of foreign policy networking, especially the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the networker par excellence, serving on the State Department policy planning staff in the Johnson administration, a key adviser in Hubert Humphrey’s losing 1968 campaign, creator of the Trilateral Commission which brought him and then Georgia Governor Carter together. If I have any qualms about this book, it is that the younger readers whom I see at Washington thinktank events will absorb all the networking lessons but skim by the prodigious, prolific hard work Brzezinski put in, a constant stream of articles and books. Vaisse’s research is equally prodigious with only a few minor mistakes, such as labeling Navy officer Carter a Marine, placing Sen. Jesse Helms in the wrong Carolina and he or his translator confusing names of congressional committees. © NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. Question Use the passage to answer the question. Which sentence from the passage reflects the reviewer’s claim that the book is well-researched with some small errors? (1 point) Responses “As Vaisse details through the biography, Brzezinski was a foremost example of a respected scholar who realized early on he wanted to play on a larger field, the man of action who could influence events.” “As Vaisse details through the biography, Brzezinski was a foremost example of a respected scholar who realized early on he wanted to play on a larger field, the man of action who could influence events.” “It turned out to be a blessing when Harvard denied him tenure, and he moved to Columbia, which was that much closer to Washington and then an epicenter of foreign policy networking, especially the Council on Foreign Relations.” “It turned out to be a blessing when Harvard denied him tenure, and he moved to Columbia, which was that much closer to Washington and then an epicenter of foreign policy networking, especially the Council on Foreign Relations.” “If I have any qualms about this book, it is that the younger readers whom I see at Washington thinktank events will absorb all the networking lessons but skim by the prodigious, prolific hard work Brzezinski put in, a constant stream of articles and books.” “If I have any qualms about this book, it is that the younger readers whom I see at Washington thinktank events will absorb all the networking lessons but skim by the prodigious, prolific hard work Brzezinski put in, a constant stream of articles and books.” “Vaisse’s research is equally prodigious with only a few minor mistakes, such as labeling Navy officer Carter a Marine, placing Sen. Jesse Helms in the wrong Carolina and he or his translator confusing names of congressional committees.” “Vaisse’s research is equally prodigious with only a few minor mistakes, such as labeling Navy officer Carter a Marine, placing Sen. Jesse Helms in the wrong Carolina and he or his translator confusing names of congressional committees.”
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The sentence from the passage that reflects the reviewer's claim that the book is well-researched with some small errors is:
“Vaisse’s research is equally prodigious with only a few minor mistakes, such as labeling Navy officer Carter a Marine, placing Sen. Jesse Helms in the wrong Carolina and he or his translator confusing names of congressional committees.”
