Diplomacy
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Remainder mark
From one of the most consequential statesmen of the twentieth century comes a sweeping masterwork that redefines our understanding of international relations — Diplomacy is Henry Kissinger's magisterial account of the art and science of statecraft, tracing the history of modern diplomacy from the age of Cardinal Richelieu through the Cold War's tense final decades. Drawing on centuries of precedent, Kissinger chronicles how the great powers of Europe and America have shaped the world order, dissecting the strategies, miscalculations, and triumphs of figures such as Metternich, Bismarck, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. With the authority of a scholar and the hard-won insight of a practitioner who sat at the highest tables of power, he argues that the tension between realpolitik and idealism has been the defining fault line of Western foreign policy. Written with the analytical precision of a historian and the narrative confidence of a man who helped shape the very events he describes, Diplomacy stands as an indispensable work for anyone seeking to understand the forces that govern nations. Kissinger presents a world in which power is never static, alliances are perpetually fragile, and moral ambition must be tempered by strategic reality — a thesis as urgent today as it was when first published. Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, no reader will finish this towering work without questioning everything they thought they knew about how the world is truly run.
Author: Henry Kissinger
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, Simon & Schuster
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Remainder mark
From one of the most consequential statesmen of the twentieth century comes a sweeping masterwork that redefines our understanding of international relations — Diplomacy is Henry Kissinger's magisterial account of the art and science of statecraft, tracing the history of modern diplomacy from the age of Cardinal Richelieu through the Cold War's tense final decades. Drawing on centuries of precedent, Kissinger chronicles how the great powers of Europe and America have shaped the world order, dissecting the strategies, miscalculations, and triumphs of figures such as Metternich, Bismarck, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. With the authority of a scholar and the hard-won insight of a practitioner who sat at the highest tables of power, he argues that the tension between realpolitik and idealism has been the defining fault line of Western foreign policy. Written with the analytical precision of a historian and the narrative confidence of a man who helped shape the very events he describes, Diplomacy stands as an indispensable work for anyone seeking to understand the forces that govern nations. Kissinger presents a world in which power is never static, alliances are perpetually fragile, and moral ambition must be tempered by strategic reality — a thesis as urgent today as it was when first published. Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, no reader will finish this towering work without questioning everything they thought they knew about how the world is truly run.