
The Meaning of History
Reflections on Spengler, Toynbee and Kant
$89.93
- Hardcover
279 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2023
Summary
The Meaning of History is the senior thesis written by Henry Kissinger at Harvard university in 1950, when he was twenty-seven. More than 70 years later it is now being published for the first time.
The thesis explores the thought of three distinct but important thinkers in the canon of Western philosophical and historical thought, in a way that also reflected Kissinger’s own transition from the Continental world to the Atlantic. Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) was a German historian and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789189425866 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9189425863 |
| Author: | Henry Kissinger |
| Publisher: | Stolpe Publishing |
| Imprint: | Stolpe Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 279 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 936g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 280mm x 179mm |
| Series: | Essay Series |
About The Author
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He is the author of numerous books on foreign policy and diplomacy and is currently the chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
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