{"product_id":"henry-kissinger-and-american-power-paperback","title":"Henry Kissinger and American Power (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eHenry Kissinger and American Power\u003c\/i\u003e] effectively separates the man from the myths.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Books of the Month)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive biography of Henry Kissinger—at least for those who neither revere nor revile him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the past six decades, Henry Kissinger has been one of America’s most lavishly praised—and most reviled—public figures. He was hailed as a “miracle worker” for his peacemaking in the Middle East, pursuit of détente with the Soviet Union, negotiation of an end to the Vietnam War, and secret plan to open the United States to China. He was assailed from both the left and the right for his complicity in the pointless sacrifice of American and Vietnamese lives, indifference to human rights, and reliance on deception and intrigue. Was he a brilliant master strategist—the “20th century’s greatest 19th-century statesman” (Robert Kaplan, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e)—or a cold-blooded monster who eroded America’s moral standing for the sake of self-promotion? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterfully researched biography, the renowned diplomatic historian Thomas A. Schwartz offers an authoritative and evenhanded answer to this question. While other biographers have engaged in hagiography or demonology, Schwartz takes a measured view of his subject. He recognizes Kissinger’s important successes and insights into the foreign policy issues of his time, but also acknowledges his failures, his penchant for backbiting, and his reliance on ingratiating and fawning praise of the president as a source of his own power. Throughout, Schwartz stresses Kissinger’s artful invention of himself as a celebrity diplomat and his domination of the medium of television news. He also notes Kissinger’s sensitivity to domestic and partisan politics, complicating—and undermining—the image of the far-seeing statesman who stood above the squabbles of popular strife. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRounded and textured, and rich with new insights into key dilemmas of American policy, \u003ci\u003eHenry Kissinger and American Power \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential guide to a man whose legacy is as complex as the last sixty years of U.S. history itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schwartz, Thomas A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337244176658,"sku":"9781250397812","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/4893053482633_4bf7b88c-7b1e-464d-a44d-c06dc4f49b11.jpg?v=1780437485","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/henry-kissinger-and-american-power-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}