Kissinger: Portrait of a Mind

 　　The impact of what Henry Kissinger studied and learned, as evidenced in his writings, is the subject of this volume, written by a colleague who has known Kissinger from the time he began to develop his theoretical outlook and his continuing critique of American foreign policy. This is more than a study of a powerful intellect or of an intellectual coming to power. It describes the environments that made Henry Kissinger’s career possible, and illurmines the concepts he developed and has since applied as the principal architect of American foreign policy under Richard Nixon.