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Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson — WisdomDeck honest review
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Kissinger: A Biography

by Walter Isaacson

Isaacson's critical, comprehensive 1992 biography: realism, secrecy, China, Vietnam, the man's charm and insecurity. Balanced and long.

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  1. Realism has costs.
  2. Secrecy corrodes.
  3. Brilliance is not virtue.

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