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Author:
Gewen, Barry, author.
Title:
The inevitability of tragedy : Henry Kissinger and his world / Barry Gewen.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
452 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Kissinger, Henry,--1923-
Kissinger, Henry,--1923---Political and social views.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A fresh portrait of Henry Kissinger focusing on the fundamental ideas underlying his policies: realism, balance of power, and national interest. The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography of Henry Kissinger that examines his unique role in government through his ideas. It analyzes the continuing controversies surrounding Kissinger's policies in such places as Vietnam and Chile by offering an understanding of his definition of realism; his seemingly amoral belief that foreign affairs must be conducted through a balance of power; and his "un-American" view that promoting democracy is most likely to result in repeated defeats for the United States. Barry Gewen places Kissinger's ideas in a European context by tracing them through his experience as a refugee from Nazi Germany and exploring the links between his notions of power and those of his mentor, Hans Morgenthau, the father of realism, as well as those of two other German-Jewish émigrés who shared his concerns about the weaknesses of democracy: Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1324004053
9781324004059 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2019050503
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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