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Author Suri, Jeremi

Title Henry Kissinger and the American century / Jeremi Suri
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 358 pages) : illustrations
Contents The making of the American century -- Democracy and its discontents -- Transatlantic ties -- The cold war university -- A strategy of limits -- A statesman's revolution -- From Germany to Jerusalem
Summary "What made Henry Kissinger the kind of diplomat he was? What experiences and influences shaped his worldview and provided the framework for his approach to international relations? Jeremi Suri offers a thought-provoking, interpretive study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century." "Drawing on research in more than six countries in addition to extensive interviews with Kissinger and others, Suri analyzes the sources of Kissinger's German-Jewish background, fears of democratic weakness, belief in the primacy of the relationship between the United States and Europe, and faith in the indispensable role America plays in the world shaped his career and his foreign policy. Suri shows how Kissinger's early years in Weimar and Nazi Germany, his experiences in the U.S. Army and at Harvard University, and his relationships with powerful patrons - including Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon - shed new light on the policy-maker."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-344) and index
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Subject Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Kissinger -- Henry -- 1923- -- Political and social views. blmlsh
Kissinger, Henry, 1923- fast
Kissinger, Henry. swd
Subject Cold War.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
Diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy
Political and social views
Statesmen
Außenpolitik
Ost-West-Konflikt
Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
Buitenlandse politiek.
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140102
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1974-1977. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140103
United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003959
Subject United States
USA
Verenigde Staten.
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007006648
ISBN 9780674281943
0674281942
0674025792
9780674025790