Liderazgo

Henry Kissinger, one of the leading political strategists of the 20th century, analyzes in this new book the profiles of six of the most fascinating and influential world leaders of the recent past: Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew and Margaret Thatcher. All of them were formed in a period when established institutions were collapsing in Europe, colonial structures were giving way to independent states in Asia and Africa, and a new international order had to be created from the vestiges of the old.Kissinger reviews de Gaulle's path to rebuilding post-imperial France, Adenauer's rehabilitation of war-torn Germany, or the success of Lee Kuan Yew's small-town-state experiment in Singapore. The analysis of these processes serves to show the government strategies of some leaders who, driven by a high sense of State, set out to position their respective countries in the center of the world political tableau. The author's perspective is unparalleled: it is that of a first-class historian who knew and was involved in the events that are related. The experience as a high public representative, the personal knowledge of the protagonists and Kissinger's political career enrich a book that bears witness to how the combination of the character of the characters and the circumstances of each situation is what ends up shaping the story.