Henry Kissinger Diplomacy

In this controversial and monumental bOOk— arguably his most important— Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomacy is. MovinjJ ffom a sweeping overview of his own interpretation Of history to personal accounts of his nejJOtilltiOris with world leaders, Kissinger describes the WHO in which the art of diplomacy and the bal6Hce of power have created the world we live in, and shows how Americans, protected by the size and isolation of their country, as well as by their own idealism and mistrust of the Old World, have sought to conduct a unique kind of foreign policy based on the way they wanted the world to be, as opposed to the way it really is. Spanning more than three centuries of history, from Cardinal Richelieu, the father of the modern state system, to the “New World Order,” in which we live, Kissinger demonstrates how modelTl diplomacy emerged from the trials and experi- ences of the balance of power of warfare and peacemaking, and why America, sOmetilTlOS tO its peril, refused to learn its lessons. His intimate portraits ot world leaders, includ- ing de Gaulle, Nixon, Chou Enlai, Mao Tse-tUn , Reagan, and Gorbachev, based on personal eXQOrience and knowledge, provide the reader with a rare window on diplomacy at the summit, togeth- er with a wealth Of det£tiled 6fld oFiginal observations on the secret negotiations, great events, and the art of statesmanship that have shaped our

of diplomacy, Kissinger shows how various s‹x:i- eties produce special ways of conducting foreign policy, and how Americans, from the very begin- ning, sought a distinctive foreign policy based on idealism. He illustrates his points with his own insights and with examples from his own experi- ence, as well as with candid accounts of his breakthrough diplomatic initiatives as Nixon’s for- eign policy partner. Informed by deep historical knowledge, wit, a gift for irony, and a unique understanding of the forces that bind and sunder nations, Kissinger’s Diplomacy is must reading for anyone who cares about America’s position in the world.

HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the fifty-

sixth Secretary of State, a position he held until January 20, 1977. He also served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 20, 1969, until November 3, 1975. Among the awards Dr. Kissinger has received have been the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973; the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the nation’s high- est civilian award) in 1977; and the Medal of Liberty in 1986. Dr. Kissinger was born in Fiirth, Germany, came to the United States in 1938 and was naturalized a United States citizen in 1943. He served in the Army trom 1943 to 1946. He graduated summ‹i cum laude from Harvard College in 1950. From 1954 until 1969 he was a member of the lives in the decades betoro, dUfi£lQ 6Hd faculty of Harvard University. He was since Henry Kissinger was himself at Director of the Harvard International the center of things. Seminar from 1952 to 1969. Analyzing the differences in the Dr. Kissinger is married to the former national styles Nancy Maginnes and is the father of two children by a previous marriage.

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