Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.
"Endlessly fascinating...A brilliant and disturbing study of power." -- The New York Times
"A solidly researched, richly textured, and extremely readable
account of a man in dramatic times who seemed bigger than
life."
-- The Boston Sunday Globe
"Confirms Kissinger's place as one of the great international
players, and takes him down a peg as well....Kissinger will rave
about the parts he likes and rage about the rest....This makes for
compulsive reading."
-- Peter Jennings, ABC News
"Endlessly fascinating...A brilliant and disturbing study of
power."
-- The New York Times
"Meticulously researched, intelligent and fair...a book full of
insights."
-- The Washington Post
"Wonderful, entertaining, definitive biography."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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