Kissinger ; 1923 - 1968: the idealist / Niall Ferguson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. 1923-1968 : The idealist -- Heimat -- Escape -- Fürth on the Hudson -- An Unexpected Private -- The Living and the Dead -- In the Ruins of the Reich -- The Idealist -- Psychological Warfare -- Doctor Kissinger -- Strangelove? -- Boswash -- The Intellectual and the Policy Maker -- Flexible Responses -- Facts of Life -- Crisis -- The Road to Vietnam -- The Unquiet American -- Dirt Against the Wind -- The Anti-Bismarck -- Waiting for Hanoi -- 1968 -- The Unlikely Combination -- Epilogue: A Bildungsroman --

A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to trace Kissinger's beliefs to philosophical idealism.

English.