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Kissinger [sound recording] Volume I, 1923-1968 : the idealist / Niall Ferguson.

by Ferguson, Niall.

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Brilliance Audio, p2015.

COMPACT DISC 973.924 K61f v.1

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.

Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.

Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974.

Brilliance Audio on compact disc.

Alternate title:

Kissinger [sound recording] 1923-1968 : the idealist

Idealist [sound recording]

[sound recording]

27 compact discs(34:04 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.

Performed by Malcolm Hillgartner.

"A statesman whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama -- he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every "telcon" for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. As Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial two-volume biography, drawing on Kissinger's private papers and on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding. The first half of Kissinger's life is usually skimmed over as a quintessential tale of American ascent: the Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany who made it to the White House. In this first volume, Ferguson shows that what Kissinger achieved before his appointment as Richard Nixon's national security adviser was astonishing in its own right. Toiling as a teenager in a New York factory, he studied indefatigably at night. He was drafted into the U.S. infantry and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge -- as well as the liberation of a concentration camp -- and ended his army career interrogating Nazis. It was at Harvard that Kissinger found his vocation. Having immersed himself in the philosophy of Kant and the diplomacy of Metternich, he shot to celebrity by arguing for "limited nuclear war." Nelson Rockefeller hired him. Kennedy called him to Camelot. Yet Kissinger's rise was anything but irresistible. Dogged by press gaffes and disappointed by "Rocky," Kissinger seemed stuck -- until a trip to Vietnam changed everything."--Publisher.

A portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions and covers everything from Kissinger's beliefs to his philosophical idealism.

Adult books on CD.

Hillgartner, Malcolm.

Brilliance Audio (Firm)

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