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Kissinger

1923-1968: The Idealist

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Kissinger

By: Niall Ferguson
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Kissinger: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson, read by Roy McMillan.

No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the 'indispensable man' whose advice has been sought by every president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, Kissinger has also attracted immense hostility from critics who have cast him as an amoral Machiavellian - the ultimate cold-blooded 'realist'.

In this remarkable new book, the first of two volumes, Niall Ferguson has created an extraordinary panorama of Kissinger's world and a paradigm-shifting reappraisal of the man. Only through knowledge of Kissinger's early life (as a Jew in Hitler's Germany, a poor immigrant in New York, a GI at the Battle of the Bulge, an interrogator of Nazis and a student of history at Harvard) can we understand his debt to the philosophy of idealism. And only by tracing his rise, fall and revival as an adviser to Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller and, finally, Richard Nixon can we appreciate the magnitude of his contribution to the theory of diplomacy, grand strategy and nuclear deterrence.

Drawing not only on Kissinger's hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than 100 archives around the world, this biography is Niall Ferguson's masterpiece. Like his classic two-volume history The House of Rothschild, Kissinger sheds dazzling new light on an entire era.

©2017 Niall Ferguson (P)2017 Penguin Audio
Americas Politicians Politics & Activism United States Self-Determination War Vietnam War Imperialism Richard Nixon Military Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Holocaust George w. bush Dwight eisenhower American Foreign Policy Interwar Period Cold War
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Critic reviews

"Riveting...this will be his masterpiece." (Andrew Roberts, The New York Times)
"For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore Kissinger." (John Bew, New Statesman - 'Books of the Year')
"This is a superb history of the modern world as well as a biography of Kissinger...a tour de force." (William Shawcross, The Times)
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Often times, even the most impartial historian has the tendency to depict events and people in order to support their own views.
This does not happen in this outstanding work by Niall Ferguson. The author successfully tries to be a fly in the wall, observing and telling what happened throughout these first 45 years of Kissinger's life. All this by a remarkable research from unclassified documents to personal correspondence of Kissinger and other statesmen.
The cherry on the cake is the narration, with Roy McMillan superbly impersonating the voices of Kissinger and others.


Thorough and objective biography

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Exceptional analysis of complex desicion making. Never clear successful outcome. The best a brilliant mind can do in a multiple agenda world.

Tradeoff between peace and conflict. Never obvious to layman

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I can’t wait for the second volume. Hopefully it will be read by the same narrator.

Magnificent

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Un historiador Inglés reconstruye la formación teórica, moral y práctica del diplomático más importante del siglo XX.
Es la mejor biografía de los dilemas políticos y diplomáticos desde la segunda guerra hasta 1968.
Hsbra que esperar el segundo volumen que se encuentra en proceso de escritura.
Este libro es una delicia.

Una biografía intelectual excepcional

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I'm looking forward to book 2 interesting insight not only into Kissinger but the political miss steps by the Democratic party

very well researched

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Brilliantly researched, organized, & narrated. Truly informative and highly enjoyable. Please keep this narrator or Malcolm Hillgartner for the next volumes!

Excellent narrative & narrator

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It's a long listen, which I like. So much interesting history and foot notes that help explain nuances. I will listen to it again.

Kissinger

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