Overview
Ā«Pretende ser un manual para los lĆderes de hoy y de maƱanaĀ». -The New Statesman
Henry Kissinger, uno de los principales estrategas polĆticos del siglo xx, analiza en este nuevo libro los perfiles de seis de los lĆderes mundiales mĆ”s fascinantes e influyentes del pasado reciente: Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew y Margaret Thatcher.
Todos ellos se formaron en un periodo en el que las instituciones establecidas se derrumbaban en Europa, las estructuras coloniales daban paso a estados independientes en Asia y Ćfrica y hubo que crear un nuevo orden internacional a partir de los vestigios del anterior.
Kissinger repasa el camino de De Gaulle para reconstruir la Francia postimperial, la rehabilitaciĆ³n llevada a cabo por Adenauer de una Alemania devastada por la guerra o el Ć©xito del experimento de la pequeƱa ciudad Estado de Lee Kuan Yew en Singapur. El anĆ”lisis de estos procesos sirve para mostrar las estrategias de gobierno de unos lĆderes que, impulsados por un alto sentido de Estado, se propusieron posicionar a sus respectivos paĆses en el centro del tablero polĆtico mundial.
La perspectiva del autor no tiene parangĆ³n: es la de un historiador de primer orden que conociĆ³ y estuvo implicado en los acontecimientos que se relatan. La experiencia como alto representante pĆŗblico, el conocimiento personal de los protagonistas y la carrera polĆtica de Kissinger enriquecen un libro que atestigua cĆ³mo la combinaciĆ³n del carĆ”cter de los personajes y las circunstancias de cada situaciĆ³n es lo que acaba dando forma a la historia.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
An instant New York Times bestseller
Henry Kissinger, consummate diplomat, and statesman, examines the strategies of six great twentieth-century figures and brings to life a unifying theory of leadership and diplomacy.
āAn extraordinary book, one that braids together two through lines in the long and distinguished career of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...In Leadership he presents a fascinating set of historical case studies and political biographies that blend the dance and the dancer, seamlessly.ā āJames Stavridis, The Wall Street Journal
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āLeaders,ā writes Henry Kissinger in this compelling book, āthink and act at the intersection of two axes: the first, between the past and the future; the second, between the abiding values and aspirations of those they lead. They must balance what they know, which is necessarily drawn from the past, with what they intuit about the future, which is inherently conjectural and uncertain. It is this intuitive grasp of direction that enables leaders to set objectives and lay down a strategy.ā
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In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft, which he believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad Adenauer brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the community of nations by what Kissinger calls āthe strategy of humility.ā Charles de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its historic grandeur by āthe strategy of will.ā During the Cold War, Richard Nixon gave geostrategic advantage to the United States by āthe strategy of equilibrium.ā After twenty-five years of conflict, Anwar Sadat brought a vision of peace to the Middle East by a āstrategy of transcendence.ā Against the odds, Lee Kuan Yew created a powerhouse city-state, Singapore, by āthe strategy of excellence.ā And, though Britain was known as āthe sick man of Europeā when Margaret Thatcher came to power, she renewed her countryās morale and international position by āthe strategy of conviction.ā
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To each of these studies, Kissinger brings historical perception, public experience andābecause he knew each of the subjects and participated in many of the events he describesāpersonal knowledge. Leadership is enriched by insights and judgements that only Kissinger could make and concludes with his reflections on world order and the indispensability of leadership today.
This book title, Liderazgo: Seis estudios sobre estrategia mundial / Leadership: Six Studies in W orld Strategy - 9788418967283, ISBN: 9788418967283, by Henry Kissinger, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (July 18, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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