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 diplomacy and is currently the chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
Hillary Clinton, The Washington Post:
"It is vintage Kissinger, with his singular combination of
breadth and acuity along with his knack for connecting
headlines to trend lines -- very long trend lines in this case. He
ranges from the Peace of Westphalia to the pace of microprocessing,
from Sun Tzu to Talleyrand to Twitter... A real national dialogue
is the only way we're going to rebuild a political consensus to
take on the perils and the promise of the 21st century. Henry
Kissinger's book makes a compelling case for why we have to do
it and how we can succeed." Michiko Kakutani, The New York
Times
Henry Kissinger's new book, World Order, could not be more
timely... the book puts the problems of today's world and
America's role in that increasingly interconnected and increasingly
riven world into useful -- and often illuminating --
context... Mr. Kissinger, now 91, strides briskly from century
to century, continent to continent, examining the alliances and
divisions that have defined Europe over the centuries, the fallout
from the disintegration of nation-states like Syria and Iraq, and
China's developing relationship with the rest of Asia and the West.
At its best, his writing functions like a powerful zoom lens,
opening out to give us a panoramic appreciation of larger
historical trends and patterns, then zeroing in on small details
and anecdotes that vividly illustrate his theories. The
Financial Times
"Kissinger's conclusion deserves to be read and understood by all
candidates ahead of the 2016 presidential election. World order
depends on it." John Micklethwait, The New York Times Book
Review
"If you think America is doing just fine, then skip ahead to the
poetry reviews. If, however, you worry about a globe spinning out
of control, then World Order is for you. It brings together
history, geography, modern politics and no small amount of
passion. Yes, passion, for this is a cri de Coeur, from
a famous skeptic, a warning to future generations from an old man
steeped in the past... it is a book that every member of
Congress should be locked in a room with--and forced to read before
taking the oath of office. James Traub, The Wall Street
Journal
Recent years have not been kind to those who believe in America's
missionary role abroad. Since the terrorist attacks of 2001 upended
our sense of the world, the United States has been governed by a
conservative idealist who tried to impose American values on the
Middle East, and failed calamitously, and a liberal idealist who
invited America's adversaries to re-engage with us on the basis of
a new humility and mutual respect, and found his hopes dashed.
It is, in short, a moment for Henry Kissinger... The fact
that he has written yet another book, the succinctly titled
World Order, is impressive in itself. What is more
remarkable is that it effectively carries on his campaign
to undermine the romantic pieties of left and right that have
shaped so much of American foreign policy over the past
century. Mr. 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's foreign
policy realism, and the theme at the heart of his magisterial
new book, is that such humility is important not just for
people but also for nations, even the U.S. Making progress toward a
world order based on "individual dignity and participatory
governance" is a lofty ideal, he notes. "But progress toward it
will need to be sustained through a series of intermediate stages."
The Los Angeles Times
Kissinger's geopolitical analysis of our global challenges is
compelling... Mark Twain, who was known more for his sense of
humor than his diplomatic skills, once said, History does not
repeat itself. But it rhymes. Kissinger's advice is not nearly as
glib, but much more valuable to a country that right now seems to
want the rest of the world to just go away. Jacob Heilbrunn, The
National Interest
Kissinger... demonstrates why he remains such a courted adviser to
American presidents and foreign leaders alike.... [World
Order is] a guide for the perplexed, a manifesto for
reordering America's approach to the rest of the globe.
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.
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