Bibliograph

Kissinger, 1923-1968: the idealist, Niall Ferguson

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Label

Kissinger, 1923-1968: the idealist, Niall Ferguson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kissinger

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

922087808

Responsibility statement

Niall Ferguson

Sub title

1923-1968: the idealist

Summary

"No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial biography, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding. Drawing not only on Kissinger's hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, Ferguson argues that the true foundation of Kissinger's thought is philosophical idealism. This first of two volumes examines Kissinger's considerable achievements before his appointment as Nixon's national security advisor."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

[Volume 1]. 1923-1968 : The idealist -- Heimat -- Escape -- Fürth on the Hudson -- An Unexpected Private -- The Living and the Dead -- In the Ruins of the Reich -- The Idealist -- Psychological Warfare -- Doctor Kissinger -- Strangelove? -- Boswash -- The Intellectual and the Policy Maker -- Flexible Responses -- Facts of Life -- Crisis -- The Road to Vietnam -- The Unquiet American -- Dirt Against the Wind -- The Anti-Bismarck -- Waiting for Hanoi -- 1968 -- The Unlikely Combination -- Epilogue: A Bildungsroman

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