<P>Henry Kissinger¿s 2014 book <EM>World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History</EM> not only offers a summary of thinking developed throughout a long and highly influential career¿it is also an intervention in international relations theory by one of the most famous statesmen of the twentieth century. Kissinger initially trained as a university professor before becoming Secretary of State to President Richard Nixon in 1973 ¿ a position in which he both won the Nobel Peace Prize and was accused of war crimes by protesters against American military actions in Vietnam. </P><P>While a controversial figure, Kissinger is widely agreed to have a unique level of practical and theoretical expertise in politics and international relations ¿ and World Order is the culmination of a lifetime¿s experience of work in those fields. The product of a master of the critical thinking skill of interpretation, World Order takes on the challenge of defining the worldviews a
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