The Inevitability of Tragedy – Audiobook Online
“The Inevitability of Tragedy” by Barry Gewen is a biography of Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and national security advisor. The book covers Kissinger’s life from his childhood in Germany to his academic and political career, including his time as a Harvard professor and his work as a foreign policy advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Gewen delves into Kissinger’s approach to realpolitik, analyzing his actions during his time in office and exploring the controversies that have surrounded his legacy. Using extensive research and interviews, Gewen provides a nuanced portrait of a complex and controversial figure, arguing that Kissinger’s worldview was shaped by his personal experiences and his belief in the inevitability of tragedy in politics. Overall, the book offers a thorough examination of Kissinger’s impact on American politics and international relations.
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
- Henry Kissinger and His World
A new portrait of Henry Kissinger focuses on the basic ideas that underlie his policies: Realism, balance of power, and national interest.
Few public servants are as controversial as Henry Kissinger. During his time under the Nixon and Ford administrations, he was equally admired and hated. He famously believed that foreign affairs should be based primarily on the power relations of a situation, not on morality alone.
He went as far as to argue that under certain circumstances, the United States must protect its national interests even if it means suppressing other countries’ democratic efforts. For this reason, many people today on both the right and the left see him as a latter-day Machiavelli, ignoring the breadth and complexity of his thinking.
With the Inevitability of Tragedy, Barry Gewen corrects this shallow view, presenting the compelling story of Kissinger’s development as both a strategist and an intellectual and viewing examine his unique role in government through his ideas. It analyzes his controversial policies in Vietnam and Chile, guided by a new understanding of his definition of Realism, the belief that world politics is based on a struggle for power. tragic, inevitable force.
This book is particularly well positioned in that each subtopic up to the overall premise is introduced in a succinct order to provide the reader/listener with a background before understanding the processes. applied in practice to the philosophical influences and summaries used. This unique analysis helps to understand what drives the different attitudes and personalities that govern decision-making in US Foreign Policy.
This book is also recommended. Unlike most biographies, it approaches Kissinger from the perspective of events that have shaped his worldview. Although it is always helpful to know some biographical details about Kissinger to put things in a bit of context. Such books are found everywhere. 1626350269649This book is easy to read (unlike Kissinger’s book, World Order, which even scholars need to understand a bit) and has a sweet prose style.
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