The Meaning of History, 9789189425866
Hardcover
Kissinger’s lost thesis: History’s meaning, great thinkers, and a rising statesman.

The Meaning of History

Reflections on Spengler, Toynbee and Kant

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  • Hardcover

    279 pages

  • Release Date

    27 February 2023

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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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