EAN: 9780393867565

THE INEVITABILITY OF TRAGEDY - HENRY KISSINGER ...

The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography that examines Henry
Kissinger's role in American government through his ideas. It analyses the continuing
controversies surrounding Kissinger's policies in such places as Vietnam and Chile by offering
an understanding of his definition of realism  his belief that foreign affairs must be
conducted through a balance of power  and his view that promoting democracy is likely to result
in defeats for the United States. Barry Gewen places Kissinger's ideas in a European context by
tracing them through his experience as a refugee from Nazi Germany and exploring the links
between his notions of power and those of his mentor  Hans Morgenthau  as well as those of two
other German-Jewish émigrés-Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt-who shared his concerns about the
weaknesses of democracy.

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