{"product_id":"kissinger-vol-1-1923-1968-the-idealist","title":"Kissinger Vol 1 1923-1968 The Idealist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Riveting ... this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewill be his masterpiece'' - Andrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore \u003ci\u003eKissinger\u003c\/i\u003e'' - John Bew, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is a superb history of the modern world as well as a biography of Kissinger ... a tour de force'' William Shawcross, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo 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\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing not only on Kissinger''s hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, this biography is Niall Ferguson''s masterpiece. Like his classic two-volume history of the House of Rothschild, \u003ci\u003eKissinger\u003c\/i\u003e sheds dazzling new light on an entire era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317623529854,"sku":"NW9780141022000","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141022000.jpg?v=1778649482","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/kissinger-vol-1-1923-1968-the-idealist","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}