Wagner reveals how Kissinger used his knowledge of history and international relations to advocate a realpolitik approach to U.S. The consulting firm he founded has advised every U.S. as a young Jewish refugee and went on to serve as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to Presidents Nixon and Ford. Henry Kissinger: Pragmatic Statesman in Hostile Times explores the influence of statesman Henry Kissinger in American foreign relations and national security during 1969 to 1977. Henry Kissinger and the American Approach to Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger: Perceptions of International Politics is an illuminating view of an important era in American diplomacy. Using psychohistory and content analysis, Starr defines Kissinger's perceptions of his adversaries-the Soviet Union and Red China-and draws revealing comparisons between Kissinger and John Foster Dulles. Taking a fresh look at the statecraft of Henry Kissinger, Harvey Starr brings to bear a variety of analytical methods on data drawn from different stages in Kissinger's career to define and explain the beliefs and perceptions that formed the ground of his policy decisions. His was the shaping hand in decisions that led to detente with the Soviet Union, to opening relations with the People's Republic of China, and to 'shuttle' diplomacy in the Middle East and the disengagement of Egypt and Israel during the 1973 war. Henry Kissinger conducted American foreign policy with a distinctive assurance and panache that gave dramatic force to his tenure as secretary of state.

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