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Kissinger : the idealist, Volume I, 1923-1968, Niall Ferguson

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  • A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to trace Kissinger's beliefs to philosophical idealism
  • No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K"--The "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama--he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial two-volume biography, drawing not only on Kissinger's hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding. The first half of Kissinger's life is usually skimmed over as a quintessential tale of American ascent: the Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany who made it to the White House. But in this first of two volumes, Ferguson shows that what Kissinger achieved before his appointment as Richard Nixon's national security adviser was astonishing in its own right. This is the story of one of the most important strategic thinkers America has ever produced. It is also a political Bildungsroman, explaining how "Dr. Strangelove" ended up as consigliere to a politician he had always abhorred. The essential account of an extraordinary life, it recasts the Cold War world--Adapted from book jacket
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eng
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Extent
xix, 986 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Book I. Heimat ; Escape ; Fürth on the Hudson ; An unexpected private ; The living and the dead ; In the ruins of the Reich
  • Book II. The idealist ; Psychological warfare ; Doctor Kissinger ; Strangelove? ; Boswash
  • Book III. The intellectual and the policy maker ; Flexible responses ; Facts of life ; Crisis
  • Book IV. The road to Vietnam ; The unquiet American ; Dirt against the wind
  • Book V. The anti-Bismarck ; Waiting for Hanoi ; 1968 ; The unlikely combination
  • Epilogue: A Bildungsroman
Isbn
9781594206535
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Kissinger : the idealist, Volume I, 1923-1968
Title
Kissinger
Title remainder
the idealist
Title number
Volume I
Title part
1923-1968
Statement of responsibility
Niall Ferguson
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Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to trace Kissinger's beliefs to philosophical idealism
  • No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K"--The "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama--he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial two-volume biography, drawing not only on Kissinger's hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding. The first half of Kissinger's life is usually skimmed over as a quintessential tale of American ascent: the Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany who made it to the White House. But in this first of two volumes, Ferguson shows that what Kissinger achieved before his appointment as Richard Nixon's national security adviser was astonishing in its own right. This is the story of one of the most important strategic thinkers America has ever produced. It is also a political Bildungsroman, explaining how "Dr. Strangelove" ended up as consigliere to a politician he had always abhorred. The essential account of an extraordinary life, it recasts the Cold War world--Adapted from book jacket
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individual biography
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Ferguson, Niall
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973.924/092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E840.8.K58
LC item number
F44 2015
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Kissinger, Henry
  • Kissinger, Henry
  • Statesmen
  • United States
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Statesmen
  • United States
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the idealist, 1923-1968
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Kissinger : the idealist, Volume I, 1923-1968, Niall Ferguson
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 925-945) and index
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Contents
Book I. Heimat ; Escape ; Fürth on the Hudson ; An unexpected private ; The living and the dead ; In the ruins of the Reich -- Book II. The idealist ; Psychological warfare ; Doctor Kissinger ; Strangelove? ; Boswash -- Book III. The intellectual and the policy maker ; Flexible responses ; Facts of life ; Crisis -- Book IV. The road to Vietnam ; The unquiet American ; Dirt against the wind -- Book V. The anti-Bismarck ; Waiting for Hanoi ; 1968 ; The unlikely combination -- Epilogue: A Bildungsroman
Control code
ocn900623979
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xix, 986 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594206535
Lccn
2015373204
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)900623979
Label
Kissinger : the idealist, Volume I, 1923-1968, Niall Ferguson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 925-945) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Book I. Heimat ; Escape ; Fürth on the Hudson ; An unexpected private ; The living and the dead ; In the ruins of the Reich -- Book II. The idealist ; Psychological warfare ; Doctor Kissinger ; Strangelove? ; Boswash -- Book III. The intellectual and the policy maker ; Flexible responses ; Facts of life ; Crisis -- Book IV. The road to Vietnam ; The unquiet American ; Dirt against the wind -- Book V. The anti-Bismarck ; Waiting for Hanoi ; 1968 ; The unlikely combination -- Epilogue: A Bildungsroman
Control code
ocn900623979
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xix, 986 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594206535
Lccn
2015373204
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)900623979

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