{"product_id":"world-order-book-henry-kissinger-9781594206146","title":"World Order","description":"\u003cb\u003eWalter Isaacson, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDazzling and instructive...  a] magisterial new book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Kissinger offers in \u003ci\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/i\u003e a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era--advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades--Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has never been a true world order, Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the Emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world's sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy--a conviction that has guided its policies ever since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow international affairs take place on a global basis, and these historical concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high policy in every other, often instantaneously. Yet there is no consensus among the major actors about the rules and limits guiding this process, or its ultimate destination. The result is mounting tension. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in Kissinger's deep study of history and his experience as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, \u003ci\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/i\u003e guides readers through crucial episodes in recent world history. Kissinger offers a unique glimpse into the inner deliberations of the Nixon administration's negotiations with Hanoi over the end of the Vietnam War, as well as Ronald Reagan's tense debates with Soviet Premier Gorbachev in Reykjav k. He offers compelling insights into the future of U.S.-China relations and the evolution of the European Union, and examines lessons of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking readers from his analysis of nuclear negotiations with Iran through the West's response to the Arab Spring and tensions with Russia over Ukraine, \u003ci\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/i\u003e anchors Kissinger's historical analysis in the decisive events of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative and articulate, blending historical insight with geopolitical prognostication, \u003ci\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique work that could come only from a lifelong policymaker and diplomat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHillary Clinton, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is vintage Kissinger, with his singular combination of breadth and acuity along with his knack for connecting headlines to trend lines.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e C]ould not be more timely... the book puts the problems of today's world and America's role in that increasingly interconnected and increasingly riven world into useful--and often illuminating--context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKissinger's conclusion deserves to be read and understood by all candidates ahead of the 2016 presidential election. World order depends on it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Micklethwait, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you think America is doing just fine, then skip ahead to the poetry reviews. 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