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AfternearlyadozenbooksandserviceassecretaryofstateforpresidentsNixonandFord,Kissingerhasestablishedhimselfasamajorthinker,writer,andactorontheworld'sdiplomaticstage.Hisnewestworkisaremarkablesurveyofthecraftofinternationalrelationsfromtheearly17thcenturytothepresentera.Beginningwiththe1648PeaceofWestphalia,KissingersummarizesthreecenturiesofWesterndiplomacy,givingspecialattentontotheinfluenceofWilsonianidealismon20th-centuryAmericanforeignpolicy.HeisnotshyaboutdescribinghisowncontributionstoNixon'sforeigngambits,norishereticientaboutofferinghisownadvicetothecurrentadministrationonhowtohandleRussia,China,ortherestoftheworld.FromKissingerwelearnthatthereisreallylittlenewabouttheNewWorldOrder.Thisisanimportantcontributiontothetheoreticalliteratureonforeignaffairsandwillalsoservequiteablyasaone-volumesynthesisofmoderndiplomatichistory.Alllibrariesshouldhavethisimpressivebook.PreviewedinPrepubAlert,LJ12/93.