First published 1992
As a persecuted Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, Henry Kissinger vows to return home and make his mark. Years later, he becomes a renowned scholar and the most powerful statesman of his era as Secretary of State. But his Machiavellian approach to global politics, including the messy Vietnam War, earns him both adoration and revulsion. This intimate biography explores the complex relationship between Kissinger's brilliant but morally questionable foreign policy and his equally complex personality.
Genres: biography, history, 20th-century, political-science, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States, EE.UU
896 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster