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Henry-Kissinger-analyses-how-six-extraordinary-leaders-he-has-known-have-shaped-their-countries-and-the-world’Leaders,’-writes-Henry-Kissinger-in-this-compelling-book,-‘think-and-act-at-the-intersection-of-two-axes:-the-first,-between-the-past-and-the-future;-the-second-between-the-abiding-values-and-aspirations-of-those-they-lead.-They-must-balance-what-they-know,-which-is-necessarily-drawn-from-the-past,-with-what-they-intuit-about-the-future,-which-is-inherently-conjectural-and-uncertain.-It-is-this-intuitive-grasp-of-direction-that-enables-leaders-to-set-objectives-and-lay-down-a-strategy.’In Leadership,-Kissinger-analyses-the-lives-of-six-extraordinary-leaders-through-the-distinctive-strategies-of-statecraft-which-he-believes-they-embodied.-After-the-Second-World-War,-Konrad-Adenauer-brought-defeated-and-morally-bankrupt-Germany-back-into-the-community-of-nations-by-what-Kissinger-calls-‘the-strategy-of-humility’.-Charles-de-Gaulle-set-France-beside-the-victorious-Allies-and-renewed-its-historic-grandeur-by-‘the-strategy-of-will’.-During-the-Cold-War,-Richard-Nixon-gave-geostrategic-advantage-to-the-United-States-by-‘the-strategy-of-equilibrium’.-After-twenty-five-years-of-conflict,-Anwar-Sadat-brought-a-vision-of-peace-to-the-Middle-East-by-a-‘strategy-of-transcendence’.-Against-the-odds,-Lee-Kwan-Yew-created-a-powerhouse-city-state,-Singapore,-by-‘the-strategy-of-excellence’.-Although-when-she-came-to-power-Britain-was-known-as-‘the-sick-man-of-Europe’,-Margaret-Thatcher-renewed-her-country’s-morale-and-international-position-by-‘the-strategy-of-conviction’.To-each-of-these-studies,-Kissinger-brings-historical-perception,-public-experience-and—because-he-knew-each-of-their-subjects,-and-participated-in-many-of-the-events-he-describes—personal-knowledge.-The-book-is-enriched-by-insights-and-judgements-such-as-only-he-could-make,-and-concludes-with-his-reflections-on-world-order-and-the-indispensability-of-leadership-today.
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