01-12-2013, 00:30
Henry Kissinger - Years Of Renewal - 1999
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Whew! 1100 pages, and Henry is not light reading. This is the last of 3 volumes of his memoirs. Don't have the other 2 but I have read another of his books. The man has a lot to say. This volume deals with the Ford years and the end of Henrys reign as Secretary Of State. He takes us around the world (Soviet Union, China, Africa, South America, Europe, Middle East) on his quest for world peace. Jumps in after Vietnam has fallen so there is not much on that. Henry had a knack for making you think he knew what he was doing. Not so sure he wasn't winging it most of the time. Not much more diplomats can do, get somebody to sign a paper and hope everything works out. Makes you look good in the history books, regardless of the outcome.
Grade - B
next up - The Gold Machine by S.G. Craft
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Whew! 1100 pages, and Henry is not light reading. This is the last of 3 volumes of his memoirs. Don't have the other 2 but I have read another of his books. The man has a lot to say. This volume deals with the Ford years and the end of Henrys reign as Secretary Of State. He takes us around the world (Soviet Union, China, Africa, South America, Europe, Middle East) on his quest for world peace. Jumps in after Vietnam has fallen so there is not much on that. Henry had a knack for making you think he knew what he was doing. Not so sure he wasn't winging it most of the time. Not much more diplomats can do, get somebody to sign a paper and hope everything works out. Makes you look good in the history books, regardless of the outcome.
Grade - B
next up - The Gold Machine by S.G. Craft

