The title of the book promises one thing: an in-depth treatise of Diplomatic history, and boy does it deliver.
His sources comprise 50 pages of single-spaced size 10 font.
Buttressing his argument with a sweeping historical survey, Kissinger persuasively contends that leaders of the western democracies, particularly the US, should leaven their idealism in the turbulent post-Cold War era with the realistic pursuit of concrete national interests.
Book Review: Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger Posted on December 18, 2018 December 19, 2018 by Umar Abu Ammar Ahmad As epic as any written masterpiece can be, from its first sentence to the last, Diplomacy sets in motion an unrelentingly overwhelming narrative of political and diplomatic history. I wouldn't, however, call this 'elegantly written' : Kissinger tends to repeat himself a lot.A great book to help one understand real politik - if Bush the 2nd had read this and taken away its lessons, he would have realized that Afghanistan had to be finished first and Iraq would have gone nowhere.It is a must read book about diplomacy and foreign affairs.
Kissinger explains the Vietnam War and Cuban missile crisis in a way that explains the thinking of those in power. On the other hand, it is fascinating to find out details from someone who was involved in various activities related to diplomacy and relations between countries. How can you not notice two paragraphs in a row with the same first words? by Simon & Schuster
Kissinger extensively discusses the unraveling of the post-Napoleonic arrangements in the decades leading up to WW I, Soviet and German consolidation and French and British demoralization in the years after the Versailles treaty, and the dominance of the Soviet-American rivalry in world politics after World War II.
I've read this book when I was 16 and hundreds of books later, I cherish the memories of sitting at the platform of our local train station and reading. Kissinger emerged unscathed from the Watergate scandal, and maintained his powerful position when Gerald Ford became President.Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger) is a German-born American bureaucrat, diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. China’s foreign strategy recognizes that soft power diplomacy would safeguard and promote China’s interests, influence and culture in its regions of interests: Asia-Pacific, Africa and South Asia. It was a really good text.
The amount that Kissinger knows is just mind-bogglingly. by
In this respect it adds a refreshing perspective to my fields of interest.
Kissinger emerged unscathed from the Watergate scandal, and maintained his powerful position when Gerald Ford became President.“Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.”
Needless to say, with Henry Kissinger behind the pen, that from Vietnam on, the text is at its strongest.
Profound and important. Kissinger's review of politicians relies to heavily on the language of ''performance'' to accurately depict the stakes and issues of their time.
What is accomplished in 850 odd pages?
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Highlights such as the Vienna Congres that would disintegrate in dull details at book length are presented crisply.
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It is also an amazing history book which perfectly describes and explains how major events took place during the years. Of course the author being American himself, talked too much about USA, about Vietnam and Nixon.
Starting from the 15th century and the birth of the national interest as guiding principle of France's foreign policy, and ending with the sudden collapse of the USSR and the subsequent finalisation of the Cold War, the book provides a nuanced, engaging and surprisingly coherent overview of the history and evolution of Diplomacy.It was a great change of pace to read Kissinger's descriptions of more recent history, since most of the books I read are from the Revolutionary War until the Civil War.