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.
有些事情不方便议论,于是它们便变成了文字,经过时间的沉淀,留在了一本本回忆录里面。 基辛格的《论中国》是一本好书,它的亮点不仅在于从西方的眼光看待中国,还在于我们可以通过回顾熟悉的事件,体会西方的思维方式,同时从一个相对客观的角度重新审视并反思我国外交政策的...
评分《我将是你的镜子》本来是波普艺术家安迪·沃霍尔的一本访谈录。1982年,这位艺术家曾经有一次中国之旅。在这个给他奇异灵感的国度,这场被安排的旅途并不愉快,却留下不少诡异的照片。如今看来,吸引我们注意的倒不一定是那个苍白的西方人,反而是北京中八十年代初北京的风貌...
评分看到91岁高龄的基辛格这个月又出了一本新书,想起自己两年多前买过他写的一本On China,就拿出来再翻一翻。他的每本书都喜欢写得都巨长无比,那时没空没心情仔细阅读,只是随便翻了一些重点章节,也印象不深。这次拿出来从头到尾再读一次,有点被震惊到。这种思维方式的美国人...
评分不了解中国的近现代史我就没办法理解当下的中国。从国际关系的角度审视中国对内对外政策的逻辑:在毛折腾了29年以后,邓制定了稳定压倒一切的前提下发展经济的战略,在这个前提下,边疆地区的处理方式变得可以理解了。而一直被欧美所诟病的人权问题,在我看来是执政党为了保持...
评分读这本书的时候同时在读邓小平时代。读这类书总有些猎奇心理,看有没有自己还不知道的秘闻。邓很详实,从他的一生来分析他的作为和思考,本身不错。论中国作者絮叨了一大堆他和中国领导人的交往,有时觉得没重点,但到后来的思考却很重要。总体的说,邓还是一本书。论中国展示...
小时候读过许多基辛格的书,都是中译,封底还故弄玄虚地印着“内部发行”(其实并不难买到)。这次是第一次看他的英文原文。仍属跳读。
评分找到一个中文版,貌似乌有之乡还是哪的网友义务翻译的。 也没精排。够乱的。基佬对毛的崇拜,有多少不是“放炮”呢?
评分最精彩的是对中美外交思维差异的分析,以及对中国几代领导人风格的评价:毛是柏拉图式的哲学王,只管大方向,从不管具体事务;替他操心具体事务的是周,一个贵族和传统儒家士大夫;邓是强硬的务实派,从来只谈工作,没有哪怕一句废话;江则非常随便,爱笑,爱插科打诨(比如弹吉他、秀英文),甚至有点浮夸(flamboyant),这种性格却恰好有利于敏感事件后的中国打破国际封锁和制裁。
评分特别看了下春夏之交部分。另,说江flamboyant,但最容易被underestimated
评分读了改革开放以后的那部分,全是流水帐。最后稍微探讨了一下中国的崛起会不会像以前德国的崛起那样引起战争,可惜未曾深入,太浅薄了
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