Barry Gewen, an editor at the New York Times Book Review for thirty years, has written on politics, international affairs, and culture for several publications, including the Times, the New Republic, Dissent, and the National Interest. He lives in New York City.
"Gewen's book… is distinctive in that it is, above all, an account
of Kissinger's intellectual universe."
*Gideon Rachman - Financial Times*
"Gewen seeks to escape [a] cartoon depiction of Kissinger... He
does so successfully with sympathy for his subject, subtlety, good
writing and not a little humour... Gewen tells us that Kissinger is
more than a figure out of history, and that we dismiss or ignore
him at our peril… Where are the 21st-century’s Henry Kissingers
when we need them?"
*Christopher Meyer - The Spectator*
"A timely new book on Henry Kissinger—The Inevitability of Tragedy
by Barry Gewen—provides new insight into what might have gone wrong
and landed the US in a late imperial funk."
*Iain Martin - The Times*
"[Gewen] remind[s] us of a very interesting and complex
personality."
*Roger Boyes - The Times*
"In this magisterial account, Gewen… traces the historical and
philosophical roots of Kissinger’s famous realism, situating him in
the context of Hannah Arendt and a cohort of other Jewish
intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany."
*100 Notable Books of 2020 - The New York Times Book Review*
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