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.
“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.” —Hillary Clinton, The Washington Post
"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." —Michiko Kakutani, The
New York Times
“Kissinger’s conclusion deserves to be read and understood by all
candidates ahead of the 2016 presidential election. World order
depends on it.” —The Financial Times
“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." —John Micklethwait, The New
York Times Book Review
"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." —James Traub, The
Wall Street Journal
“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.'” —Walter
Isaacson, Time
"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." —The Los Angeles
Times
"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.” —Jacob Heilbrunn, The National
Interest
"An astute analysis that illuminates many of today's critical
international issues." —Kirkus Reviews
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