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.
“Fascinating, shrewd . . . [The book’s] portrait of China is
informed by Mr. Kissinger’s intimate firsthand knowledge of several
generations of Chinese leaders. The book deftly traces the rhythms
and patterns in Chinese history . . . even as it explicates
the philosophical differences that separate it from the United
States.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Nobody living can claim greater credit than Mr. Kissinger for
America's 1971 opening to Beijing, after more than two decades of
estrangement, and for China's subsequent opening to the world. So
it's fitting that Mr. Kissinger has now written On China, a fluent,
fascinating . . . book that is part history, part memoir and above
all an examination of the premises, methods and aims of Chinese
foreign policy.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Fascinating . . . In On China, statesman Henry Kissinger
draws on historical records and 40 years of direct interaction with
four generations of Chinese leaders to analyze the link between
China’s ancient past and its present day trajectory. In doing so,
the man who helped shape modern East-West relations presents an
often unsettling, occasionally hopeful and always compelling
accounting of what we’re up against.” —The Chicago
Sun-Times
“Fascinating . . . No living American has played a more
important role than Henry Kissinger, the former national security
adviser and secretary of state, in bringing about the historic
rapprochement between the United States and China. . .
. [Kissinger] draw[s] deep insights into China's traumatic
encounter with much stronger Western powers.” —The San
Francisco Chronicle
“On China, Kissinger's 13th book, blends an incisive strategic
analysis of the moves and countermoves of China, the United States
and the former Soviet Union with telling vignettes about his
meetings with Chinese Communist Party leaders . . .
entertaining.” —The Los Angeles Times
“No one can lay claim to so much influence on the shaping of
foreign policy over the past 50 years as Henry
Kissinger.” —The Financial Times
“From the eminent elder statesman, an astute appraisal on Chinese
diplomacy from ancient times to the fraught present “strategic
trust” with the United States. Former Secretary of State Kissinger
brings his considerable scholarly knowledge and professional
expertise to this chronicle of the complicated evolution and
precarious future of Chinese diplomacy with the West. . .
. Sage words and critical perspective lent by a significant
participant in historical events.” —Kirkus Reviews
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