Kissinger：A Biography

Isaacson,assistantmanagingeditorofTime,hasproducedmuchmorethananotherunauthorizedbiography,givingextensiveinsightsintotheyoungeryearsofHeinzKissingerinBavariaandhowtheyshapedhischaracter,hisstyleindealingwithothers,andhisworldview.Over150interviewswithKissingerintimates,enemies,subordinates,andthemanhimselfgeneratealess-than-flatteringportrayalofthemanbehindtheintellectandthemyths.IsaacsoncoversKissinger'sAmericanization,hisuseofHarvardtiestoenhancehiscareer,hisforaysintothestratosphereoftheCouncilonForeignRelations(NY),andhisWashingtonyearsandexploits.HealsoexaminesKissinger'sill-fatednegotiationswiththeNorthVietnamese,empirebuildingasnationalsecurityassistant,shuttlediplomacyintheMiddleEast,armscontrolefforts,andlateryearsasprivatecitizenandconsultant.WhilethereareotherexcellentKissingerbiographies(StephenGraubard'sKissinger,LJ6/1/73;JohnStoessinger'sHenryKissinger:TheAnguishofPower,LJ9/15/76;BruceMazlich'sKissinger:TheEuropeanMindinAmericanPolicy,LJ9/15/76),thisworkisthebesttodateonHenryK.Superstar.Essentialforgenerallibraries.PreviewedinPrepubAlert,LJ5/1/92.