Name: World Order
Price: 39.65 NZD
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Author: Henry Kissinger
ISBN: 9780141979007

Type

Physical Book

Author

Henry Kissinger

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

13 x 20 cm

ISBN13

9780141979007

World Order

Henry Kissinger (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "World Order"

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 taking a perspective from far above the globe, it examines the great tectonic plates of history and the motivations of nations, explaining the attitudes that states and empires have taken to the rest of the world from the formation of Europe to our own times.

Kissinger identifies four great 'world orders' in history - the European, Islamic, Chinese and American. Since the end of Charlemagne's empire, and especially since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Europeans have striven for balance in international affairs, first in their own continent and then globally. Islamic states have looked to their destined expansion over regions populated by unbelievers, a position exemplified today by Iran under the ayatollahs. For over 2000 years the Chinese have seen 'all under Heaven' as being tributary to the Chinese Emperor. America views itself as a 'city on a hill', a beacon to the world, whose values have universal validity.

How have these attitudes evolved and how have they shaped the histories of their nations, regions, and the rest of the world? What has happened when they have come into contact with each other? How have they balanced legitimacy and power at different times? What is the condition of each in our contemporary world, and how are they shaping relations between states now?

To answer these questions Henry Kissinger draws upon a lifetime's historical study and unmatched experience as a world statesman. His account is shot through with observations about how historical change takes place, how some leaders shape their times and others fail to do so, and how far states can stray from the ideas which define them. World Order is a masterpiece of narrative, analysis and portraits of great historical actors that only Henry Kissinger could have written.

Henry Kissinger

(Author)

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(Germany, 1923), of German Jewish origin, served as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and has advised many other U.S. presidents on international policy issues. In 1973, he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and has also been awarded the Medal of Freedom, among many other awards and honors. He is the author of numerous books on international politics such as China (Debate, 2013) or World Order (Debate, 2016). He currently chairs Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.

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