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Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy

Top of the pile

77

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

77/100

Critics

77/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Martin S. Indyk

Publisher:

Knopf

Date:

October 26, 2021

A new history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

What The Reviewers Say

Jeremi Suri,
The New York Times Book Review
The strongest case for Kissinger’s heroism is found in his Middle East diplomacy, chronicled in fascinating day-by-day detail by Indyk.
Thomas Schwartz,
The Washington Post
Martin Indyk has written a fascinating, comprehensive and detailed study of what may be Kissinger’s most decisive and important achievement.
Walter Russell Mead,
The Wall Street Journal
... lucidly conceived and compellingly written.
Frederick J. Augustyn Jr.,
Library Journal
The study is enhanced by the author’s own Middle East credentials.