Henry Kissinger served as national security advisor and then secretary of state under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He is the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and diplomacy and is currently the chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century.
Since no other country can claim a more powerful link to its ancient past and classical principles, any attempt to understand China's future world role must begin with an appreciation of its long history. For centuries, China rarely encountered other societies of comparable size and sophistication; it was the "Middle Kingdom," treating the peoples on its periphery as vassal states. At the same time, Chinese statesmen-facing threats of invasion from without, and the contests of competing factions within-developed a canon of strategic thought that prized the virtues of subtlety, patience, and indirection over feats of martial prowess.
In On China, Kissinger examines key episodes in Chinese foreign policy from the classical era to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the decades since the rise of Mao Zedong. He illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing, and three crises in the Taiwan Straits. Drawing on his extensive personal experience with four generation of Chinese leaders, he brings to life towering figures such as Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping, revealing how their different visions have shaped China's modern destiny.
With his singular vantage on U.S.-China relations, Kissinger traces the evolution of this fraught but crucial relationship over the past 60 years, following its dramatic course from estrangement to strategic partnership to economic interdependence, and toward an uncertain future. With a final chapter on the emerging superpower's 21st-century world role, On China provides an intimate historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of the 20th century.
原文链接:http://www.rsywx.net/wordpress/2012/10/07/on-china-technical-review/ 我去年在Kobo上购买了基辛格博士的《论中国》英文版一书,上个月底抢先买了译本。利用出门到新疆去旅游的时候,抽空将这本600+页的书看完了——这也从另一个侧面证明,我只有在完全被隔绝(...
评分中信出版社在拿下版权一年多之后,赶上当下国内政治经济和文化的反思与争论大潮,出版了这部砖头厚的中国学专著(当然这与其所附大量历史照片和厚实的印刷用纸不无关系)。鉴于基辛格的历史身份以及国人“过分在意别人评价”的情结,本书的畅销也在情理之中。国内读者向来也有...
评分权力是最好的春药。——基辛格 这是我对这个老头的最深的第一印象。可见美国政治家也是爱说骚话的。尤其是拜读了此书之后,在他开诚布公地批判了美国的普世价值推广理想主义之后,了解他是个高度务实的现实主义者之后,当年的中美世界精英(毛、邓、尼克松,里根,布什等)的全...
评分 评分读书要有自己的思考 翻开这本厚厚的书,这是一个多次与中国接触的美国外交官写的对于中国近百年来的历史以及他对于中国几个领导人的认识。 分析清朝末期到建国以来中国的特性,作者主要有一个观点:中华民族从来都有强烈的民族自豪感,我们就是地球的中心,这源于我们深厚的文...
书名叫论中国,其实是中美外交关系史的流水账。贯穿全书的势,孙子,积极防御等等基本是吸引美国人的Sino-American的风格。对于中国人来说,唯一值得重视的是这本书的尾声部分。属于五星结语。可惜基辛格因为越战在美名声不佳。不知道有多少neoconservatives会听听他的看法。PS:中国不高兴这本脑残书算是被介绍到美国了。
评分13S,这本书的最后几章,尤其是后记,非常精彩!越读到后面,越理解基辛格在开篇简单介绍中国近代史及古代价值观的意义;同时也将今天的中国与过去的那个道统天下的文化,作了很好的连接!
评分估计不会引进,或者是删节本。
评分书名叫论中国,其实是中美外交关系史的流水账。贯穿全书的势,孙子,积极防御等等基本是吸引美国人的Sino-American的风格。对于中国人来说,唯一值得重视的是这本书的尾声部分。属于五星结语。可惜基辛格因为越战在美名声不佳。不知道有多少neoconservatives会听听他的看法。PS:中国不高兴这本脑残书算是被介绍到美国了。
评分一个半月才拿下基辛格博士的神作,一切历史都是当代史。犬儒主义者有时很难理解美国的外交政策,因为他们从来不相信世界上有一类人叫“老奸巨猾的理想主义者”
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