World Order
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143127713 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kissinger’s vision could help to shape a more tranquil era than the one that has emerged so far.”Kirkus Reviews:"An astute analysis that illuminates many of today's critical international issues." . Kissinger bids fair to outlast many of the people who hate him and make others forget why they hated him in the first place."Walter Isaacson, Time“Kissinger’s book takes us on a dazzling and instructive global tour of the quest for order….The key to Kissinger
. HENRY KISSINGER served as National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He is the author of numerous books on foreign policy and diplo
A Statesman's Prognosis Publius Throughout history, various civilizations have considered themselves to be the epicenter of the world and have defined various concepts of `order', extrapolating their principles to be globally relevant.Mr. Kissinger takes us on a tour of various civilizations of the past including China, the Roman Em. Well done, but incomplete Doyle The first seven chapters were both the majority and the very best of the book. Kissinger tells the story of how the Peace of Westphalia fundamentally changed Europe and how the Westphalian model of world order differs with that of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle Kingdom. The sheer amount of history . "A must-read" according to DB. With his characteristic flair and command of political history, Dr. Kissinger has once again authored a book that examines the development of political systems through the lenses of history, economics, and, interestingly enough, psychology. ("Diplomacy" is, in my opinion, another example of this type
Kissinger offers a unique glimpse into the inner deliberations of the Nixon administration’s negotiations with Hanoi over the end of the Vietnam War, as well as Ronald Reagan’s tense debates with Soviet Premier Gorbachev in Reykjavík. He offers compelling insights into the future of U.S.–China relations and the evolution of the European Union, and he examines lessons of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world’s sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the emperor at its pinnacle. Every region participates in questions of high policy in every other, often instantaneously. Yet there is no consensus among the major actors about the rules and limits guiding this process or its ultimate destination. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy—a conviction that has guided its policies ever since.Now international affairs take place on a global basis, and these historical concepts of world