The Inevitability of Tragedy
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
| Full title | The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World |
|---|---|
| Author | Barry Gewen |
| Published | 2020 |
| Pages | 480 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Gewen reads Kissinger through the Weimar émigré intellectuals he came out of — Morgenthau, Arendt, Strauss — arguing that his realism was a response to watching a democracy destroy itself rather than a taste for power. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @typesfast — named in answer to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full list lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
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