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One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2020A new portrait of Henry Kissinger focusing on the fundamental ideas underlying his policies: Realism, balance of power, and national interest.Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure. Notoriously, he believed that foreign affairs ought to be based primarily on the power relationships of a situation, not simply on ethics. He went so far as to argue that under certain circumstances America had to protect its national interests even if that meant repressing other countries' attempts at democracy. For this reason, many today on both the right and left dismiss him as a latter-day Machiavelli, ignoring the breadth and complexity of his thought.With The Inevitability of Tragedy, Barry Gewen corrects this shallow view, presenting the fascinating...

Author

Barry Gewen

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781324004059

Subjects

History, Biography, Language Learning

Rating

4.5 / 5 (247 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14