A review by bucketoffish
On China by Henry Kissinger

5.0

This is a great geopolitical history of modern China, written by someone who played a major role in shaping relations between China and the United States. The amount of behind-the-scenes detail provided, including secret communications between leaders of the two countries, was extremely fascinating and provided a peak into what really happens in high-level diplomatic discussions between heads of state. It was especially interesting to me to see how leaders in both China and the US would say one thing to appease their publics, while saying something completely different in secret. It made me realize that national interests trump ideology in real geopolitical dealings, to the point where the latter is essentially just there for public consumption.