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ON CHINA Soft cover - 2012

by Kissinger, Henry

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An eminent historian and strategist reflects on how China's past illuminates its 21st-century trajectory, drawing on 40 years of intimate acquaintance with the country and its leaders.

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2012, 2012. Soft cover. Near Fine. Octavo, softcover, near fine i white wraps. clean, unmarked. 604 pages including index. deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history. The book illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower's twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of our time. New afterword by author.
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  • Title ON CHINA
  • Author Kissinger, Henry
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 624
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, 2012, New York
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 84108
  • ISBN 9780143121312 / 0143121316
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.6 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 4.06 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects World politics - 21st century, China - Foreign relations - 20th century
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.51

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Summary

"Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower’s twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of our time.

From the publisher

Henry Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards.


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  • New York Times Book Review, 05/13/2012, Page 40

About the author

Henry Kissinger served in the US Army during the Second World War and subsequently held teaching posts in history and government at Harvard University for twenty years. He served as national security advisor and secretary of state under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He was the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and diplomacy, including most recently Leadership, On China, and World Order. He served as chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. He died in 2023.

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