World Order
Book description
In World Order, Henry Kissinger - one of the leading practitioners of world diplomacy and author of On China - makes his monumental investigation into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations.
World Order is the summation of Henry Kissinger's thinking about history, strategy and statecraft. As if…
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A good book should be able to convey much knowledge, in an accessible manner, but also one clear perspective. Kissinger’s book on world order – informed by the pragmatism that characterized the academic views of this controversial leader with a tainted legacy – provides that.
The main claim of the book that competing orders exist – a Chinese one, an Islamic one, a European one, etc.– should be read in Western policy circles. The war in Ukraine and the different reactions of countries from around the world compared to the G7 vindicate some of the arguments made in this book.…
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