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  <title><![CDATA[Diplomacy (A Touchstone Book)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;THE SEMINAL WORK ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations.&lt;P&gt;Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, &lt;I&gt;Diplomacy&lt;/I&gt; stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henry Kissinger]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[regardless of what you think of his policies, he does an expert job portraying a scholarly history of diplomacy, focusing on European conflicts. Clearly tinged by his understanding of how nations interact.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very well researched and evaluated history of Diplomacy/Foreign Policy since Louis XIV. It gave me new insights and a very different point of view of history. Very worthwhile.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 04 21:10:36 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 09:19:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Filling in the gaping hole in my education about European political history.  A slow but interesting read.<br/>[break:]<br/>I'm now past WWI and bogging down.  The earlier history was interesting though.<br/>[break:]<br/>I'm now into the Korean Conflict.  WWII was over in a flash because this st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45425250">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41863688">
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 13:21:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 13:23:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have become a fan of Dr. Kissinger (ever since Dr. G's stories)...book so far is a great re-cap with Kissinger's insights on current US foreign policy plays and intents.]]></body>
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    <review id="65142679">
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 27 11:06:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very insightful book on political history from a very intelligent and experienced man. I strongly recommend it to those who like history or politics.]]></body>
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    <review id="29794123">
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 10 17:08:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 13 19:04:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been reading this book for, oh...ten years.  It IS a good book, but dry at times.  However, I think it provides a very important historical background for anyone interested in foreign policy and relationships between nations. It should be remembered who Henry Kissenger is: he has absolutely i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29794123">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38710252">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 14:21:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 26 14:22:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clearly at the top ten &quot;need to read&quot; for classic power politics foreign policy.]]></body>
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    <review id="7842495">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 17 11:20:38 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 17 11:20:50 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a great overview of diplomacy from the 17 Century up through the end of the end of the Soviet Union by a this former secretary of state and national security advisor. It focuses almost entirely on Europe, but moves into asia with US involvement there after world war II.<br/><br/>Whil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7842495">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41545913">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 18:32:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 18:32:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most incredible books I have ever read.]]></body>
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    <review id="7620509">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrés]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 12 08:28:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 19 23:44:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a tome and yet at times it reads like a rough draft. Its arguments might have been better expressed in 400-600 pages rather than 800. Also, although long it sometimes feels superficial, especially in the beginning chapters. For all that, Mr Kissinger has a firm grasp on the realness of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7620509">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42866367">
    <user id="1901389">
    <name><![CDATA[Jarred]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 21:09:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 21:10:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A chore to read, but a rewarding one.]]></body>
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    <review id="50602958">
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    <body><![CDATA[Very wordy. But pretty solid.]]></body>
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    <review id="42567113">
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    <body><![CDATA[Good sum up]]></body>
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    <review id="8521621">
    <user id="313699">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 30 18:51:21 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 01 10:18:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 30 18:51:11 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great study of diplomacy and foreign policy. It starts with Europe in the eighteenth century and goes on to explain the causes of WWI and WWII in purely diplomatic terms. It finishes with the cold war and predictions for the future.<br/><br/>I would recommend putting aside any preconceived notions...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8521621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22733426">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 21 22:36:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 21 23:20:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written by one of the foremost American statesman, this book is well worth the effort. Not meant as popular history, his book traces the rise of the modern nation-state from the Treaty of Westphalia until the modern era, and the increasingly vital role of deplomacy.<br/><br/>As a grand-master of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22733426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15296820">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a great, almost unbiased read of European diplomacy, except when he focuses on the United States. Kissinger keenly observes the realpolitik in Europe but in the post-war world, repeats ad nasum that the US was a peace loving benevolent state who always had loving and wonderful intentions in e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15296820">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1103878">
    <user id="75676">
    <name><![CDATA[Chani]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 08 12:03:56 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 08 12:06:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the text for a history class of mine in high school.   It was a really good text.  I really enjoyed reading a book that wasn't a textbook for a history class.  I felt like the history texts insulted our intelligence while a book like this allowed for more varied and interesting discussion. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103878">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13778">
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 01 14:43:47 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Welcome to the first history book I could actually read from cover to cover. Starting from about 500 years in the past, you get a view of how history occurred from the diplomatic point of view, with a lot of opinions interspersed. <br/><br/>This book is a very interesting read if you'd like to lea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13778">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to add this book, simply because it was the bane of my sophomore year existence...besides my statistics book....kissinger couldn't be more bland, boring, uninteresting or lame if he tried--and the history of this time is in fact, interesting, but somehow, he makes it dull and horrible. a perfe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6697088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books concerning international affairs that I've read.  I didn't find the sections on Korea and Vietnam to be as interesting as the earlier parts of the book.  Great for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of raison d'etat and its historical significance.  ]]></body>
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