Walter isaacson henry kissinger
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A young Walter Isaacson in published a wonderful biography of Henry Kissinger, which I read this week. It&#;s a sweeping history of Kissinger&#;s life and his consequential years in public service. Despite its level of detail, Isaacson writes lucidly with the skills of a journalist, so there&#;s good forward momentum over the course of the + pages even for a hobbyist like me. You walk away with a deep view into both the man and the era he shaped. Highly recommended. (The Richard Holbrooke biography is another compelling look at a statesman who shaped our current foreign policy.)
I came to this biography after spending time in Cambodia and Vietnam, where Kissinger&#;s legacy looms large. His decisions with regards to both countries play a central role in the biography. My other personal interest here is Chile, where I lived more than a decade ago &#; another country where Kissinger exercised arguably problematic moral judgment.
The biography is balanced, according to people more ex
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KISSINGER A Biography. By Walter Isaacson. Illustrated. pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $
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Kissinger: A Biography
book by Walter Isaacson
Kissinger: A Biography is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson. Published by Simon & Schuster in , the biographical analysis of prominent public official Henry Kissinger has received positive reviews from publications such as Foreign Affairs and The New York Times.[1][2]
Background and contents
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The author had previously served as a journalist with Time and become one of that magazine's editors as well as co-written, with Evan Thomas, the Cold War chronicle The Wise Men.[1]
Isaacson started out writing the book with considerable personal access not only to Kissinger himself but to multiple associates of the public figure. The author additionally used a wide variety of political documents from Kissinger's many years of public service. Despite this clos