Kissinger’s passion for international relations theory, the reader is treated to the former secretary of state’s vast knowledge and experience. Guided by the book’s comprehensive index and Mr. While many works attempt to balance history and political theory in the manner of “World Order,” few succeed. Kissinger offers a window into today’s struggling framework of international order. Kissinger’s central theme namely, that a successful world order must be understood intellectually and physically and find support from the world’s many nations.Įxamining four systems of historic world order - the Westphalian Peace born of 17th-century Europe, the central imperium philosophy of China, the religious supremacism of political Islam and the democratic idealism of the United States - Mr. Nearly every page offers a historical anecdote to underpin Mr. Its breadth in that regard is truly staggering. Kissinger’s thoughts on the future of geopolitics and the need for a new realism, this book is an extraordinary study of history.
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