Books by niall ferguson author of the ascent of money. He spent his early adolescence under the third reich. Ferguson s superb, thoughtprovoking book brings these events vividly to life and will help readers view history from a unique perspective. In his pronouncements on the war in vietnam, ferguson insists kissinger was an idealist first and foremost. The voguish explanation for the western slowdown is deleveraging. The times, the economist, bbc history magazine and financial times books of the year 2015. The idealist niall ferguson new york, ny, allen lane.
No american statesman has been as revered and as reviled as henry kissinger. Producing work as both a historian and a biographer, he has also published a number of biographies on figures such as henry kissinger and siegmund warburg. See all books authored by niall ferguson, including the ascent of money. Drawing not only on kissinger s hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, this biography is niall ferguson s masterpiece.
Niall ferguson the ascent of money audiobook youtube. The film based on his interviews with kissinger won the 2011 new york film festival prize for best documentary. The chancellors summer read is niall ferguson s 1,000page kissinger, part one of the longawaited biography of the former us secretary of state. He is the author of paper and iron, the house of rothschild, the pity of war, the cash nexus, empire, colossus, the war of the world, the ascent of money, high financier, civilization, the great degeneration, kissinger, 1923 1968. Bit by bit, kissinger was becoming a foreign policy expert with few rivals. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and current senior fellow at the center for european studies at harvard university, a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm greenmantle llc. Farrell a political portrait looks back on the life of one of the most controversial presidents in modern american history. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of kissinger.
I d made it 375 pages into niall ferguson s newish first volume of a planned twovolume life of henry kissinger before receiving in the. As a software engineer steeped in the theory and practice of networks, i was deeply impressed by this book s insights. Previously, he was a professor at harvard university and new york university, visiting professor at new college of the humanities and senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford ferguson writes and lectures on international history. Winner of the council on foreign relations arthur ross book award. A financial history of the world, and civilization.
Yet as niall ferguson shows in this magisterial twovolume biography, drawing not only on kissingers hitherto closed private papers. Bookpage niall ferguson s the square and the tower brilliantly illuminates the great power struggle between networks and hierarchies that is raging around the world today. Niall fergusons grotesque but telling new biography. This book has been just over ten years in the making. But if the second volume of kissinger is anywhere near as.
A weekly columnist for newsweek and a contributing editor for bloomberg tv, niall ferguson divides his time between the united states and the united kingdom. That very name, niall ferguson writes in the first volume of his. For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore kissinger 1923 1968. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and current senior fellow at the center for european studies at harvard university, a visiting.
Like his classic twovolume history of the house of rothschild, kissinger. Ferguson discusses his new biography of henry kissinger, and sloane crosley talks about her first novel, the clasp. Niall ferguson has 54 books on goodreads with 158112 ratings. The idealist by niall ferguson, read by roy mcmillan.
While ferguson doesnt explicitly refer to the streetlight effect in his new book, the square and the tower. Hailed by some as the indispensable man whose advice has been soug. Minneapolis startribune greg grandins brilliant account of kissinger strips kissinger s vaunted realism to the bone, revealing a skeleton of romantic american exceptionalism and a loving embrace of the will to power for powers sake. Always thorough, often surprising, at times deeply moving, this is an extraordinary biography of the most significant scholarstatesmanstrategist of. But any flaws in the book, he insists, were not kissingers but reflect the. These were the killer applications that allowed the west to leap. Niall ferguson already has many important, scholarly and controversial books to his credit. Always thorough, often surprising, at times deeply moving, this is an extraordinary biography of the most significant scholarstatesmanstrategist of our time, by one of our most accomplished historians. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kissinger. By engaging in such unabashed cheerleading, fergusons book. Niall fergusons dishonest biography of henry kissinger.
Niall ferguson has written what i feel must become a classic for all those in search of the essence of a great statesman whose works, policies and actions have affected all our lives. Certainly, there are few precedents for the scale of debt. Kissinger by niall ferguson, 97807998702, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The west and the rest, bestselling author niall ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the west developed six powerful new concepts that the rest lacked. No american statesman has been as revered or as reviled as henry kissinge. He is currently working on a life of henry kissinger. Niall ferguson is one of the worlds most renowned historians. Niall ferguson s most popular book is the ascent of money. What these passages admittedly do is to remind us that kissingers life is not a valuefree zone.
Review by niall ferguson i am a square, richard nixon told a journalist towards the end of his life, drawing a square in the air with his forefinger. The idealist, 19231968, is the first volume of henry kissinger s biography, written by niall ferguson. The idealist, the first of his projected twovolumes on henry kissinger, ferguson delves into the statesmans early life. By 1910 the world had been economically integrated in a way never seen before. To hear the likes of niall ferguson, he is part of an endangered species.
Ferguson relies heavily throughout on not particularly interesting block quotes, on to which. Throughout this long endeavor, i believe i have been true to my resolve to write the life of henry kissinger as it actually waswie es eigentlich gewesen, in rankes famous phrase which is perhaps better translated as it essentially was. In his charmless biography of henry kissinger, niall ferguson fails to make a. George osborne is going to be carrying some hefty luggage on his hols. Some regard him as the countrys greatest strategic foreign relations thinker, while others describe him as. The idealist shifts the trajectory of kissinger studies fundamentally. But if the second volume of kissinger is anywhere near as comprehensive, well written and riveting. Niall ferguson books list of books by author niall ferguson. From the bestselling author of the ascent of money and the square and the tower, the definitive biography of henry kissinger, based on. In this remarkable new book, the first of two volumes, niall ferguson has created an extraordinary panorama of kissingers world, and a. The trial of henry kissinger is a 2001 book by christopher hitchens examining the alleged war crimes of henry kissinger, the national security advisor and later united states secretary of state for presidents richard nixon and gerald ford. The biography begins in furth, germany, kissinger s place of birth, and describes the vibrant jewish community. Niall ferguson is a professor of history at harvard university.
He is also a senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford university, and a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford. Working as a weekly columnist in sunday times in london, niall ferguson has become a highly prolific author and voice among his many peers and contemporaries. Niall fergusons protestations aside, henry kissinger was the. An excerpt from niall fergusons the great degeneration. Henry kissinger is one of the most controversial statesmen in american history. Secretary of state when an accomplished historian writes about one of the worlds great diplomats, the results.
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