zbigniew brzezinski serve u.s. president jimmy carter national security adviser iran hostage crisis soviet invasion afghanistan drive normalization relations china die 89. brzezinski daughter mika host msnbc morning joe show say father die peacefully friday give cause death know friends zbig grandchildren chief wife endure love life know inspire love devote father girl could ever say instagram brzezinski hawkish son polish diplomat national security adviser four years 1977-81 carter presidency period saw tumultuous international events include iranian revolution take 52 americans hostages tehran fail rescue mission soviet invasion afghanistan brzezinski pluck carter academic world saw many soviet union foreign policy move evidence could trust place odds two carter close advisers secretary state cyrus vance push strategic arm limitation treaty salt-2 moscow defense secretary harold brown urge u.s.-soviet accord curb conventional force europe soviet troop invade afghanistan brzezinski strongly back arm afghan rebel hardline stance lead pravda soviet communist party newspaper denounce foe detente carter say brzezinski brilliant dedicate loyal rosalynn carter wife sadden say statement important part live four decades superb public servant former president barack obama call brzezinski accomplish public servant powerful intellect passionate advocate american leadership influence span several decades one several presidents benefit wisdom counsel always know zbig stand ideas advocacy help shape decades american national security policy joint statement former president george h. w. bush national security adviser brent scowcroft hail brzezinski great american ... good man good friend skeptical soviet motives objectives brzezinski nurture diplomatic friendship unite state china culminate trip beijing june 1978 lead re-establishment diplomatic tie brzezinski view soviet union may color childhood experience bear warsaw poland march 28 1928 take youngster canada father serve diplomat communists take poland end world war two family remain west brzezinski receive doctorate harvard university 1953 become american citizen 1958. voice support u.s. policy vietnam mid-1960s serve policy plan staff president lyndon johnson state department along david rockefeller chairman chase manhattan bank brzezinski help find trilateral commission private group promote close tie north america western europe japan carter know brzezinski election ask leave columbia university effect soviet communism focus much work regular access carter give brzezinski vast influence lead report vance rival president ear rivalry last vance resign abort mission rescue american hostages iran april 1980. seizure u.s. embassy tehran 1979 vance resist brzezinski proposal washington back military crackdown iran radical islamic force embassy take followers islamic leader ayatollah ruhollah khomeini vance seek carter back attempt come term khomeini brzezinski characteristically favor military action free 52 american hostages punish iran carter eventually accept brzezinski proposal ill-fated mission eight servicemen die brzezinski also take part negotiations toward egypt-israel peace treaty 1979 see many major achievement carter presidency despite lifelong antipathy soviet communism join defense secretary brown spearhead unsuccessful drive win senate approval 1979 salt-2 arm control accord although never clear senate result december 1979 soviet invasion afghanistan salt-2 remain unofficially effect beyond original five-year lifespan carter years brzezinski become consultant international affairs senior adviser washington center strategic international study also teach foreign policy johns hopkins university write frequent opinion article newspapers publish several book include strategic vision america crisis global power 2012. vice president george h.w bush try build image tough foreign policy realist consider coup secure brzezinski support 1988 presidential campaign brzezinski time critical bill clinton george w. bush sharply critical bush war terror 2003 invasion iraq donald trump election november observe world watch u.s. political developments stupefaction brzezinski endorse barack obama 2007 say democratic presidential candidate recognize challenge bring new face new sense direction new definition america role world brzezinski three children wife emilie former u.s. national security adviser brzezinski die 89