Home Back

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.73
EAN: 9780671659912
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 067165991X
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 912
Publication Date: April 18, 1994
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster

---

Related Items:

• The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
• The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
• The End of History and the Last Man
• Does America Need a Foreign Policy? : Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century
• The Post-American World
• see more

---

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Kissinger describes the ways in which the art of diplomacy and the balance of power created the world we live in.




Rating: - Simply the Best Book on Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar Environment
A magnum opus - one among many - of Henry Kissinger.

A long book, like the length of his Harvard thesis on which it is based - which was a record setter at Harvard - and the institution of the "Kissinger Rule" on limiting the length of theses at Harvard.

The length of the book - it is necessary. It is well worth it. It is in-depth. It is a definitive study of diplomacy in a multi-polar environment. Entangling alliances. The construction and use of balance of power ... Read More

---

Rating: - Re. GLBT "Speaking as someone who loathes Kissinger..."
GLBT, with your use of the imflamatory jargon of revolution, words like "loathes", "evil", "insane", and "atrocities", you give yourself away as a "leading edge" or early boomer, i.e. those born between 1946-49 who considered themselves entitled to speak for the entire baby boom generation, and ultimately the nation. Most of the younger baby boomers were appalled at the arrogance and audacity of the leading edge boomers, and didn't appreciate your "leadership" and spokesmanship.

Henry Kissinger ... Read More

---

Rating: - Shows historical roots of Kissinger's brand of diplomacy
I enjoyed reading this book. Dr. Kissinger is, without saying, one of the most talented and accomplished diplomats that this nation has had. The fact that he ignited so much controversy on both the left and the right does much to confirm this view. In this book, he traces the evolution of international diplomacy from the 17th century. He begins with a discussion of Cardinal Richelieu, a talented practitioner of raison d'etat, which would later develop into realpolitik. Richelieu, though a French Catholic ... Read More

---

Rating: - The World According to Henry Kissinger
During his terms as foreign secretary and national security adviser Henry Kissinger was the ultimate bad guy. Nice to have such a chap around! All the frustrations during the Nixon and Ford Administrations could be directed at Henry Kissinger. But every bloke deserves a second chance.
In 1994 Kissinger wrote Diplomacy. It really is a brilliant piece of work!!Astonishing how a former secretary of state commands every detail of statemanship in foreign policy. Kissinger deals with the concepts of national ... Read More

---

Rating: - Absorbing account on the art of dealing and warring among nations
In Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger presents his masterpiece analysis of the evolution of the art of diplomacy. As a top diplomat, the author leaves out details of historic events that are circumstantial to his theme. That is the understanding of how national diplomacy has grown up in the last four centuries.

Diplomacy starts with the seventeenth century dominance of Holy Empire where the Emperor drove his absolute authority direct from God. In such imperial design, the populace is the servant of the Emperor ... Read More

---

Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •