Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger (1995, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100671510991

ISBN-139780671510992

eBay Product ID (ePID)198591

Product Key Features

Book TitleDiplomacy

Number of Pages912 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, International Relations / Diplomacy

Publication Year1995

FeaturesReprint

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorHenry Kissinger

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight33.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsArthur Schlesinger, Jr.This rich and absorbing work is both a brilliant study of the international crises that have shaped the modern world and a provocative meditation on the American style in foreign affairs., Michiko Kakutani The New York Times An elegantly written study of Western diplomacy....Shrewd, often vexing, and consistently absorbing., Simon SchamaThe New YorkerKissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time....Its pages sparkle with insight., Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. This rich and absorbing work is both a brilliant study of the international crises that have shaped the modern world and a provocative meditation on the American style in foreign affairs., Walter Laqueur Chairman, International Research Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies The most important work on diplomacy for thirty years., Walter LaqueurChairman, International Research Council, Center for Strategic and International StudiesThe most important work on diplomacy for thirty years., Simon Schama The New Yorker Kissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time....Its pages sparkle with insight., Michiko KakutaniThe New York TimesAn elegantly written study of Western diplomacy....Shrewd, often vexing, and consistently absorbing.

Dewey Decimal327.7/3

Table Of ContentCONTENTS 1 The New World Order 2 The Hinge: Theodore Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson 3 From Universality to Equilibrium: Richelieu, William of Orange, and Pitt 4 The Concert of Europe: Great Britain, Austria, and Russia 5 Two Revolutionaries: Napoleon III and Bismarck 6 Realpolitik Turns on Itself 7 A Political Doomsday Machine: European Diplomacy Before the First World War 8 Into the Vortex: The Military Doomsday Machine 9 The New Face of Diplomacy: Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles 10 The Dilemmas of the Victors 11 Stresemann and the Re-emergence of the Vanquished 12 The End of Illusion: Hitler and the Destruction of Versailles 13 Stalin's Bazaar 14 The Nazi-Soviet Pact 15 America Re-enters the Arena: Franklin Delano Roosevelt 16 Three Approaches to Peace: Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in World War II 17 The Beginning of the Cold War 18 The Success and the Pain of Containment 19 The Dilemma of Containment: The Korean War 20 Negotiating with the Communists: Adenauer, Churchill, and Eisenhower 21 Leapfrogging Containment: The Suez Crisis 22 Hungary: Upheaval in the Empire 23 Khrushchev's Ultimatum: The Berlin Crisis 1958-63 24 Concepts of Western Unity: Macmillan, de Gaulle, Eisenhower, and Kennedy 25 Vietnam: Entry into the Morass; Truman and Eisenhower 26 Vietnam: On the Road to Despair; Kennedy and Johnson 27 Vietnam: The Extrication; Nixon 28 Foreign Policy as Geopolitics: Nixon's Triangular Diplomacy 29 Detente and Its Discontents 30 The End of the Cold War: Reagan and Gorbachev 31 The New World Order Reconsidered NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisA brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China. The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy. Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations. Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacy stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.

LC Classification NumberE744