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Author Gewen, Barry, author.

Title The inevitability of tragedy : Henry Kissinger and his world / Barry Gewen.

Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2021.
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 KISSINGER, HEN    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 452 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography 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.
Contents Chile -- Hitler -- Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt -- Hans Morgenthau -- Vietnam -- Kissinger in power -- Kissinger out of power.
Subject Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023 -- Political and social views.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974.
Kissinger, Henry, 1923- (OCoLC)fst00031425
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01910431
Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
Statesmen. (OCoLC)fst01131990
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1969-1974
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 0393867560 (paperback)
9780393867565 (paperback)
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