Best kissinger biography
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KISSINGER A Biography. By Walter Isaacson. Illustrated. pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $
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WHATEVER else he is, Henry Kissinger is an "only in America" phenomenon. He is the embodiment of the American dream, the legendary immigrant who started with nothing and gained everything -- fame, honors, fortune.
Walter Isaacson's "Kissinger" is an page chronicle of how Henry Kissinger obtained all these glittering prizes. In its range and research, it is the book to end all books on Mr. Kissinger. For his aficionados, it makes compulsive reading; for students of his years of influence on United States foreign policy, it is compulsory. It takes Mr. Kissinger from birth to almost the present moment, often in minute detail. It is based on both documentary sources and interviews with just about everyone who ever worked with its subject. Mr. Kissinger himself, after some hesitation, gave Mr. Isaacson more than two dozen formal interviews as well as
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Books by Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger () was born into a German Jewish family in , fleeing to the United States to escape the Nazi threat in He served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War and attended Harvard University on his return, subsequently becoming a professor there.
Kissinger&#;s academic work on foreign policy led him to advise various policy groups and politicians. He finally attained office himself when President Nixon appointed him National Security Advisor and subsequently Secretary of State. He remained in charge of US foreign policy from until
This period saw the US take the lead in a range of foreign policy initiatives that were globally transformative, including rapprochement with China, the ending of the Vietnam War, and brokering peace in the Middle East in the wake of the Yom Kippur War. In he was controversially awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with the North Vietnamese leader, Le Duc Tho (who refused it), for his role in negotiating a cease-fire wi
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A young Walter Isaacson in published a wonderful biography of Henry Kissinger, which I read this week. It&#;s a sweeping history of Kissinger&#;s life and his consequential years in public service. Despite its level of detail, Isaacson writes lucidly with the skills of a reporter, so there&#;s good forward momentum over the course of the + pages even for a hobbyist like me. You walk away with a deep view into both the man and the era he shaped. Highly recommended. (The Richard Holbrooke biography is another compelling look at a statesman who shaped our current utländsk policy.)
I came to this biography after spending time in Cambodia and Vietnam, where Kissinger&#;s legacy looms large. His decisions with regards to both countries play a central role in the biography. My other anställda interest here is Chile, where inom lived more than a decade ago &#; another country where Kissinger exercised arguably problematic moral judgment.
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