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By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Gallup Poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued. Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources, including U.S. presidents and his business clients, this first full-length biography makes use of many of Kissinger's private papers and classified memos to tell his uniquely American story. The result is an intimate narrative, filled with surprising revelations, that takes this grandly colorful statesman from his childhood as a persecuted Jew in Nazi Germany, through his tortured relationship with Richard Nixon, to his later years as a globe-trotting business consultant.
美国著名的传记作家，生于美国新奥尔良，曾先后就读于哈佛大学和牛津大学。毕业后，成为英国《星期日泰晤士报》的一名记者，由此开始了他的职业生涯。曾出任美国著名杂志《时代》周刊总编辑和世界传媒巨头CNN公司的总裁。曾撰写《本杰明·富兰克林：一个美国人的一生》、《聪敏人：六个朋友和他们创造的世界》(和伊万·托马斯共同撰写)、《爱因斯坦：生命的全部》等传记畅销书。目前沃尔特·艾萨克森和妻子、女儿在华盛顿居住。