Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power P...

by Edward LUCE

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New York Times Bestseller Discover an intimate and masterful biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of America's most influential geopolitical thinkers and President Carter’s national security advisor. Authored by one of today's finest columnists and political writers, this book offers a compelling look into the life and legacy of a pivotal figure in modern history. Zbigniew Brzezinski was a key architect of the Soviet Union’s demise, playing a significant role in ending the Cold War. A child of Warsaw—central Europe's historic bloodlands—Brzezinski transformed his fierce resentment over his homeland’s destruction by Nazi Germany and the Red Army into a lifelong pursuit of liberty. Born the year Joseph Stalin consolidated power, and passing away just a few months into Donald Trump’s first presidency, his life was deeply intertwined with the global power struggles of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Throughout his career, Brzezinski served as counsel to U.S. presidents from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. As the chief foreign policy advisor during the late 1970s under Jimmy Carter, he leveraged his expertise as a Sovietologist to influence Washington’s foreign policy. His relationship with Henry Kissinger, his lifelong rival, was marked by a fraught on-and-off dynamic, exemplifying the new breed of foreign-born scholars who thrived in America’s “Cold War University.” These scholars challenged the traditional WASP-dominated foreign policy establishment that had l

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2025
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 1982173645
• Condition: Good

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