Kissinger: A Biography - Part 1 of 2

by Walter Isaacson

Part One Of Two Parts The first full biography of Henry Kissinger explores the relationship between his complex personality and the foreign policy he pursued. It draws on extensive interviews with Kissinger, as well as 150 other sources, including Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In addition, it makes use of many of Kissinger's private papers. The result is an intimate narrative, filled with surprising revelations, that takes this century's most colorful statesman from his childhood as a persecuted Jew in Nazi Germany, through his tortured relationship with Richard Nixon, to his twilight years as a globe-trotting business consultant.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

Audio Cassette

Published March 1, 1994

About the author

Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He is the author of 'Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu and on Twitter at @WalterIsaacson

Reviews

[Dylan Varga · Rating 4 out of 5]

may have glossed over a few minor details, may not have. reasonably enjoyable for what it was - the mark of any good biography is making one wish they'd met the subject in person